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Re: pic: Basketball Drive

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
I disagree. The balls should never be moving perpendicular to one of those wheels, which is what an omni would help with. Drive just one wheel and the basketball will spin around the other wheel.
The issue is when you would move diagonally. Wheels on both sides of the ball would have to spin, and the axis the ball is turning around would be no longer be perpendicular to either of the wheels.

Here is a quick sketch of where I would think the axis would be when moving diagonally: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1...it?usp=sharing

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