pic: Team 488 Prototype Mishap

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Billfred

How did those wheels hold up on the carpet (before the obvious mishap)?

Remarkably well, actually, given that they're acrylic. As I was driving, I lost two rollers do to a similar, smaller break but had no trouble for awhile after that. As I mentioned in the caption, the break seems to be the result of lazy construction moreso than material strength and all the damage happened to a single omniwheel. The other three are fine.

Originally Posted by Alekat

Does anybody have a picture of wheels like this working on a robot? I've never seen this type of thing before.

As Greg pointed out, they're just standard omniwheels. There's nothing particularly fancy about them. Here is a picture of another of our wheels in its original, unwrecked state/

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

possible kiwi drive i see?

Again, nothing quite so fancy, I'm afraid. It's litte more than a light, very maneuverable, 6WD design.

Here is some video.