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Re: traction and the Killough

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Originally posted by ajlapp
two of the bots use the omni-wheel design, and two use the original spherical wheel concept.(which by the way may turn out to be the more high traction of the two designs.)
I had a hard time envisioning how AJ's sperical wheel base would work, but I did a little Google Search, and found a couple videos which show a slightly different version in action.

I think you're right AJ. It looks like it has potential for a fair amount of traction.
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