Re: What's the most innovative/different design you've seen?
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Originally Posted by sforsancho
Would you like to back that statement up? I think of the many teams that have done a traditional omni-wheel setup, my team included, can contest that it does not move freely, if implemented correctly . I've seen many teams use them as free spinning casters, and that is not a 'omni drive' system. The fact that the wheels have rollers on them is countered by the wheels being placed at an angle 45 degrees with the chassis.
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That statement was not meant to discredit the use of the traditional omni-wheel. I was just pointing out that the wheel design itself allows for traction as opposed to the free-spinning rollers on the traditional design.
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