Omni Wheels and Carpeted Playing Field?

[Alan Anderson]

The rollers on AndyMark omniwheels love carpet.

[Josh Goodman]

This is the third year our team has used the same drive train with 4 omnis and 2 traction wheels. It is a great system. Fast and maneuverable, yet remarkably strong and defensive.

[SuperBK]

Josh:

And you drive all six wheels right? Not just the traction wheels?

[midway78224]

our team use them last yr. and it work great with our four wheel drive.

[popo308]

our team used a 3 speed swerve drive...
that seemed to work amazingly well!

[Josh Goodman]

Originally Posted by SuperBK

Josh:

And you drive all six wheels right? Not just the traction wheels?

Correct. Of course we do have a very heavy drivetrain. Not sure the specs but it doesn't give our other teams a lot to work with.

[Urban Hawk]

im with team 1886, and we are use mecanum wheels again like last year. The principals behind both the omni and mecanum are very close to each other.
They actually do better on carpet then on a hard surface due to an incresse of friction on the wheels which helps to propell the robot better.

[tkgamer]

Yeah Alot of team are using them this year... im on electrical so i dont really know how they work but im guessing they do if everyone is using them.