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Re: Truly omnidirectional omniwheels?

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Originally Posted by MasonMM
They have... and i believe it's called microsoft Paint. I can't visualize very well how this differs from a normal omnidrive except that it has 6 wheels... and powering 6 wheels will be a challenge since you dont have 6 identical motors.
Use 2 motors total, and use two of them to power all 6. We this year had 4 wheels, two motors. One wheel was direct drive from the gearbox, the other was 1:1 ratio chained with the other wheel that was direct driving.
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