Hex Kiwi Drive

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Originally Posted by ThaddeusMaximus

6 wheels? yep. fancy? You betcha. Same thing? Heavens no.

6wd gives you maximum pushing force (for both motor and traction) in the direction of orientation. Omniwheels currently available are less grippy than solid wheels currently available, and having 2/3s of your wheels basically inactive when in a straight line reduces motor power. These are not perks...

Not to mention the normal force on any set of wheels is half of that in a kiwi. I'd think for this reason that a kiwi would beat this in a pushing match, which would proceed to get dominated by a 6wd with good solid wheels.

I was mostly joking when I said it's a 6WD. Obviously, the only real similarity is the number of wheels. Where did you get the information about omnis being less grippy? I'm not doubting it at all, I just haven't been able to find info about the CoF when I've looked.