pic: A mechanum wheel that shouldn't bump around at all.

Nadav Zingerman · #1 14-05-2010, 14:55

Do those elliptical things actually roll (how?), or are they fixed in relation to the wheel?

EricH · #2 14-05-2010, 15:09

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Originally Posted by Nadav Zingerman

Do those elliptical things actually roll (how?), or are they fixed in relation to the wheel?

They would roll. That's the way a mecanum wheel works--the rollers (the elliptical things) roll to alter the vectors the wheel is putting out. There would be an axle down the middle to allow them to roll; I don't see it here yet.

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