IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!! WE WILL CONQUER THE WORLD WITH THESE!!!!!! (Part 2) THE MOVIE

[sgsdragons]

OK,
Here you all go, you have wanted a vidoe of our robot driveing with the omni-drive system, so now you have it. I must admit that this video is REALLY REALLY WELL DONE!!!! Of course I would say that since I made it. LOL

So here you all go, let me know how you like it.

The Omni-Wheel Drive System (3:20) 15mg

Josh
Team Driver/Designer

[Parker]

Love the video!!!
The wheels design is awesome, are they difficult to drive with?
Couldn't help but notice that both ends of the bot are open. Will you be collecting balls from both sides?

[sgsdragons]

It's actually really easy to drive. It is alot of fun to drive to. since it can go in any direction I want. And thanks for the comment on the movie.

Josh
Team Driver/Designer

[Bill_Hancoc]

once again i will note on pages that dont load in firefox.

i suggest the IE view exxtension for firefox
it works really well

Great vid very crazy wheel design very cool




2 words:

freakin sweet

[Rick TYler]

Cool video. Way cool drivetrain. Congratulations.

[spamified88]

We've done holonimic drive before. It is very complicated to design and program, but the rewards are sweet when it works.

[phrontist]

How fast does it go? The top speed in the video seems rather sluggish...

Kudos overall though. What are you controlling it with?

[sgsdragons]

It is actually really fast. In the video, I'm driving it a little slower then how fast it really goes. I was driving slow becuase I wasn't really comfertable driving fast in that area when we filmed that. Now that I'm used to it, I can drive really fast!!!

As for what I'm driving with, I have it set up as a HALO controlles.
It's a two joystick drive. The left one makes it go forward, backwards, strafe left and strafe right. The second joystick makes it rotate left and right. It works really well. It is really fun to drive.

Josh
Team Driver/Designer

[phrontist]

Originally Posted by sgsdragons

It is actually really fast. In the video, I'm driving it a little slower then how fast it really goes. I was driving slow becuase I wasn't really comfertable driving fast in that area when we filmed that. Now that I'm used to it, I can drive really fast!!!

As for what I'm driving with, I have it set up as a HALO controlles.
It's a two joystick drive. The left one makes it go forward, backwards, strafe left and strafe right. The second joystick makes it rotate left and right. It works really well. It is really fun to drive.

Josh
Team Driver/Designer

Awesome, just awesome. Glad to see some teams are still letting students design and implement innovative ideas. Maybe you could even use the PS2 controller mod with it...

[Richard Wallace]

Very nice job on fabrication and control.

I think this type of wheel is usually called a mecanum , rather than an omniwheel.

[kaszeta]

Originally Posted by sgsdragons

As for what I'm driving with, I have it set up as a HALO controlles.
It's a two joystick drive. The left one makes it go forward, backwards, strafe left and strafe right. The second joystick makes it rotate left and right. It works really well. It is really fun to drive.

That's how Team 95's controls are set up as well. We're still tweaking it, but our holonomic drive seems to be working quite well at the moment. Ours is done a lot differently than yours (we're using a 3-DOF arrangment of omni-wheels, not mechanum wheels), I'll try to get a pic for y'all.

[Salik Syed]

wow that is really awesome great job!

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by sgsdragons

OK,
I must admit that this video is REALLY REALLY WELL DONE!!!! Of course I would say that since I made it. LOL

Then who's Stephen Shuler?

[Billfred]

The video looks great. The robot looks even better.

(Forget the Great Traction Wheel Debate of 2006--I'm already calling the Great Mecanum Wheel Debate of 2008.)

[sgsdragons]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

Then who's Stephen Shuler?

What do you mean by that???

Josh
Team Driver/Designer