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Re: pic: 3 wheel omni drive concept

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Originally Posted by s_forbes View Post
That's a really good point. Using the toggling style of strafing mechanism is probably a much better application for this, since when it's not in use it leaves the full weight of the robot on the two outside wheels. (I believe this was first used on 148's 2014 robot?) You could probably spend a lot of time playing with the geometry to get it to work just right for a strafing segway robot, since the downforce is dependent on the geometry and how much torque the motor is applying. Would be a fun project!
Yeah, 148's bot in 2014 was the first instance of it, a JVN special (the VEXiq prototype was adorable).

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