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Unread 04-05-2004, 13:24
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Re: Omni Wheels Survey

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Originally Posted by SpaceOsc
I think everyones forgetting (or you just werent around) one of the proven bots out there with large omni wheels and they happend to use 6 of them they went in all directions they didnt get pushed around and there was no easy side to push them from they turned marvelously and speed and power to boot

MIM Metal in Motion 343 2002 bot still one of my fav robots of all time check them out and youll see there design ... i wanted to build something like that but i couldnt get the whole building omni wheels thing started any suggestions or things only expirience teaches u when building this nice lil wheels? things i should watch out for when tyring to build and use them?
That was definitely a sweet robot - we teamed with them to win KSC regionals (with 186 also). Kinda funny that they've switched from omni wheels to Brekoflex drive and we've switched from Brekoflex to omni wheels.
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