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17-09-2006, 23:18

Dan Petrovic Dan Petrovic is offline

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Originally Posted by WernerNYK

1. Mecanum refers to the original creator (or at least to the person whose name is on the patent of the design which is most commonly mimiced by FIRST teams). Ilan Mecanum developed this design, if my memory serves me correctly in the mid-1970s.

The guy who invented Mecanum wheels was Bengt Ilon. I have no idea how they got the name Mecanum. They can be also called Ilon wheels.

This is all according to Wikipedia... and as we all know "I SAW IT ON THE INTERNET IT MUST BE TRUE!"

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