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Re: pic: Team 488 Prototype Mishap

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Originally Posted by Billfred
How did those wheels hold up on the carpet (before the obvious mishap)?
Remarkably well, actually, given that they're acrylic. As I was driving, I lost two rollers do to a similar, smaller break but had no trouble for awhile after that. As I mentioned in the caption, the break seems to be the result of lazy construction moreso than material strength and all the damage happened to a single omniwheel. The other three are fine.

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Originally Posted by Alekat
Does anybody have a picture of wheels like this working on a robot? I've never seen this type of thing before.
As Greg pointed out, they're just standard omniwheels. There's nothing particularly fancy about them. Here is a picture of another of our wheels in its original, unwrecked state/

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Originally Posted by Alex Cormier
possible kiwi drive i see?
Again, nothing quite so fancy, I'm afraid. It's litte more than a light, very maneuverable, 6WD design.

Here is some video.
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