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Re: #1156 new wheels

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Originally Posted by sanddrag
We were able to accomplish an omni-wheel-like effect today without the use of omnis. It's so good, I can't really say yet how we did it. What I can say is that we maintain fairly good forward traction while suberbely reducing sideways traction.
Sounds like a large nylon/delrin wheel with slots cut into the edges.

Forward traction is good because the slots in the nylon dig in;
Side traction is near zero because the nylon/delrin slides on the carpet.

Am I close?

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