Einstein Drivetrains?

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I just think it's weird that the first drivetrain called butterfly was an articulated traction / omni combination... Then the term enters (vaguely) popular use to refer to the other kinds of articulated drives in 2012-2014... But now we're changing it because of one team? If all omni was always the intended meaning of butterfly and a traction mode was always an "extra", then I probably have been misunderstanding the term the whole time.

I can see the challenge of picking a different name for it though. "Omni drive" implies holonomic capability. Perhaps "omni wheel tank" would be more descriptive? Doesn't exactly bounce off the tongue.

I don't think you're misunderstanding it at all. Texas basically thinks it's its own country, so they can have their own regional name for a drive train too

It's like pop versus soda versus cola-- they're the same thing, but different regions call it different things. Texas can call it Tex-Coast drive all they want, but Neutrino introduced me to butterfly drive, so I'll call it that. It doesn't really matter-- we're still referring to an articulated omni and traction wheel drive train.