Thread: And you thought you had cool omni-wheels
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And you thought you had cool omni-wheels
All I can say is go to this website and watch the video, seems like this design doesn't have many of the drawbacks of the perpendicular rollers and allows you to strafe sideways without rotating the drive units

VERY COOL

www.airtrax.com
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