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Unread 10-05-2005, 17:58
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Re: pic: Jester Drive:Mecanum Wheel Drive Train

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Originally Posted by Andrew Rudolph
We use 2 joysticks on 1083 with our omni wheeld holonomic bot. Its really easy to drive, much like what 190 does.
Controlling an omni wheel is much different than controlling a mecanum wheel. Since the rollers are perpendicular on omni-wheels, the direction produced has almost no similarities with controlling mecanum wheel motion, which depends on the rotation and speed of each individual wheel.
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