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Unread 27-04-2004, 07:51
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Re: Omni Wheels Survey

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Wildstang has used a variety of different designs for omni wheels over the years. We scratch build our own and have modified the design each time we used them. This year we used two driven omni (we call them BUPODfor Biased UniPlanar Omni Directional) and two crab drive modules for four wheel drive. In crab from side to side we had to add some software to help the robot drive straight which we called "Drive Straight". The omni wheels tend to go where they want when they are not driving.
I am interested in what you guys (Wildstang) used for the rollers that interacted with the carpet. I took a peek and it looked like you had neoprene disks, except they were not punched. Can you enlighten us?

Thank you,
Jake Mazotas