Omnidirectional drivetrains

[Yan Wang]

Hey hey Patrick! Too bad you can't be on our team this year due to your excessive "college work"... But yes, thanks for wishing us to do well. I think Pat got half the inspiration from seeing the multidirectional drivetrain at the Canadian regionals, and the omni wheels from our own team design, and also the plastic (very nicely made ones) at the Cornell RoboCup lab. That was an awesome night we spent there. A picture of our omni wheels is attached below... though that's what it looked like brand new Now it's completely locked up and everything from competition and also Brian and I driving it at a BorgWarner presentation on concrete for about 2 hours... oh well, it's running and I'm sure it'll be fine to present with Dean Kamen when he comes here on the 30th of this month with some Segways for us to ride!