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Originally posted by Moshingkow
Marc-
Did you see what theyre mini-wheels on the omni wheels are made out of? from the looks of the video, it seems like they were made out of delron, or some sort of hard plastic. Id think if you coated the wheels in a sticky rubbery coating, that it would have MUCH more traction, or better yet, make them out of metal spikes
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tenkai
High traction wheels won't work well with Patrick's drive. Remember, when the 'bot is traveling in the direction of one set of wheels, the other two wheels have to be able to slide sideways!
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