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24-09-2003, 15:06

RogerR

its spelled *ya'll*, not *y'all*

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Originally posted by WakeZero
These two terms are common nicknames for an omni-directional drive.

there was a large debate (over the summer, i think) in which it was determined that crab and swerve drive lack the three degrees of freedom required to be a true 'omni-directional drive'; they only have two, rotation and x-direction.

a killough(sp?) platform or 'holonomic drive' has three degrees of freedom, and therefore is a 'true' omni-directional drive.

old thread on the subject

the first FIRST killough platform (i believe) was built by team 857 in 2002, and was called the 'kiwi-drive'.

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