check out this lego Holonomic drive base

[Tytus Gerrish]

i was just looking arround here at the library and came uppon this roler setypo for these omniwheeles, it had never occured to me to do it like this it looks realy smooth and it has encoders and everything.

[Arefin Bari]

That looks awesome... are you about to make a lego model of Emoticons? its halfway done...

[greencactus3]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

i was just looking arround here at the library and came uppon this roler setypo for these omniwheeles, it had never occured to me to do it like this it looks realy smooth and it has encoders and everything.

yes, this holonomic drive platform is called a killough platform, named after stephan killough(guy who invented it)
google around about lego killough platform. you'll find countless ones... even tiny ones. with the "rollers" being the same sized wheels as my omnidrive base one used. i have created a few lego killough platforms and found they take up much more space than a "conventional" omniwheel. and they look better too

[sanddrag]

Tytus (and other Lego enthusiasts),
You might enjoy this site.

[Astronouth7303]

Very nice.

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Tytus (and other Lego enthusiasts),
You might enjoy this site.

How about JP Brown's Serious LEGO?

[greencactus3]

if i start listing good lego sites there'll be no end. there are so many!
i have a whole list in my bookmarks..

[Tytus Gerrish]

id like to combine this... http://jpbrown.i8.com/aegis.htmlwith this.... http://jpbrown.i8.com/biped_ii.html

[Salik Syed]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

id like to combine this... http://jpbrown.i8.com/aegis.htmlwith this.... http://jpbrown.i8.com/biped_ii.html

what exactly is holonomoic drive? i am curious

[Stephen Kowski]

makes me nervous about the spamthingacon =/

[patrickrd]

Originally Posted by Salik Syed

what exactly is holonomoic drive? i am curious

A holonomic drive system is a drive system that provides three degrees of freedom:
- Ability to drive forward
- Ability to drive sideways
- Ability to rotate
In essence, a holonomic drive system is unconstrained. It can accelerate in any direction at any time, and accelerate rotationally at any time.

Search chief delphi for "holonomic drive" or "omnidirectional drive", there's a lot of threads about this already.

[tiffany34990]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

id like to combine this... http://jpbrown.i8.com/aegis.htmlwith this.... http://jpbrown.i8.com/biped_ii.html

hee hee that would be sweet now tytus!! u have do have some time to attempt to do this now--all well it's all good-- enjoy!!