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Re: Omni Wheels Survey

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Originally Posted by RogerR
the setup you showed is similar to team 180's and 1083's 2004 robots.
i'm pretty confident that that you're right with the second one ,[sqrt2]% of available motor power (but then again, i've been awake way too long). that is the reason i think the mecanum/ilon wheel setup is better, since it allows the motors to apply 100% of their power to full forward/back or left/right movement.
You're so close, Roger. =-]

Both systems get [(sqrt2)/2]% efficiency in the x and y directions. Mecanum wheels have the rollers at 45* angles which produces the same vectors as a normal holonomic platform with its wheels at 45* angles.
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