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For anyone considering the use of omni wheels on their robot, Andy Baker put out a great white paper on how team 45 made theirs and it has all the specs you need to make a great pair yourself. We on team 177 used a slight variation of these wheels on the back of our robot (we kept pneumatic tires on the front) and they allowed for excellent turning. Despite what people say you do not need at least 3 of these wheels by any stretch of the imagination. We recieved many comments from people attending the Philly regional and nationals that they thought we would be very easy to push out of the way with omni wheels and that they were surprised to see us do all of the pushing. If you saw any of our matches you know that defense was a big part of our game, and these magnificent wheels made that possible.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pa...le&paperid=226 |
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we should get all the robots that have omni wheels and make a big gallery of them, that would look cool.. ![]() |
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well it was our first year with omini wheels-- we actually have to fix them up-- only problem i saw was the rubber on the wheels-- a lot of driving just wore them down-- all well-- i'm sure S.P.A.M. won't mind sharign our design-- nobody we saw had a drive system like us-- and we plan on making them better
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I saw a few teams using omni wheels bought from this site:
http://www.omniwheel.com They have an interesting selection. Rob |
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we actually did buy some from that site-- took the whole supply actually for that time period but the wheels didn't work for us--didn't hold our load and no clearance-- i had to actually take down the plastic but that didnt' help much either--so we had to fabricate our own wheels at the end of the 6th weeks-- but we did it-- many teams have seen our wheels they are really cool |
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::GASP:: Not only have you guys seen one, but it was at the Florida Regional with you. |
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sry george meaning that nobody made wheels like us-- design that james came up with and that i got to help make and well yeah get to fix them again ![]() |
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We (X-CATS 191) used Omni wheels for the first time this year as well... They worked very well and we even made them from scrath recycling old copier parts we pulled out of some dumpster. I'll have to get some closer pictures for ya.
We made an 8 wheel drive system that walked up the platform. It worked well except for the side traction when we were halfway up a step and then we had issues sliding.. Oh well you live and learn... Ellery |
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I think everyones forgetting (or you just werent around) one of the proven bots out there with large omni wheels and they happend to use 6 of them they went in all directions they didnt get pushed around and there was no easy side to push them from they turned marvelously and speed and power to boot
MIM Metal in Motion 343 2002 bot still one of my fav robots of all time check them out and youll see there design ... i wanted to build something like that but i couldnt get the whole building omni wheels thing started any suggestions or things only expirience teaches u when building this nice lil wheels? things i should watch out for when tyring to build and use them? Last edited by SpaceOsc : 30-04-2004 at 13:07. |
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