Hemispherical Omnidirectional Gimbaled Drive

[Andrew Remmers]

Originally Posted by SenorZ

Joyride: very impressed. My only critique (and this is coming from someone who will probably never build a HOG drive) is that the square frame supporting the drive motor seems a bit large. This would limit the total angle of rotation. But you have two hemispheres, so you wouldn't need as much power from tilt from each wheel to get a faster speed.

Actually (for the most part) right now the "wheel" contacts first before any metal while its tilting. The current "wheel" does need to be made just a hair bigger which will get rid of this problem entirely.