Thread: caster wheels vs. omni wheels
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Unread 23-01-2008, 22:45
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Re: caster wheels vs. omni wheels
I think if you are going to use casters you should put them in the back and have front wheel drive. It is almost impossible to handle the robot with rear wheel drive and casters. We had casters in the back last year, and teams realized that if they hit us there we would spin out. If they hit us every once and a while they essentially took us out of the game. We eventually added a skid along with the casters to try and help the problem.

Our rookie year we had a 4 wheel drive with omnis in the front. It worked, but I was not a big fan of it because since all wheels were powered, the omnis really didnt help. Again teams found out they could hit us in the front, although it wasnt as big of an impact as the casters.
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