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Re: How do omni wheels work

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Originally Posted by Brandon_L View Post
How do you get them to move sideways? We're just trying to move sideways.
You need to put one (or one set) per side. You want the wheels to form a box around the robot, something like this: |=| To move forwards and backwards, drive the ones on the sides of the robot. To go sideways, run the ones on the front and back sides.
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