pic: #833 "teaser"

[HPA_Robotics_13]

Originally Posted by Stonefan5271138

Your robot looks awesome. Really nice and low. Actually those transwheels are the same wheels we ordered, but we're not going for low rider. Are you guys going to be powering your transwheel or just going to use them for their inner wheels to help turning?

The original plan was not to drive the omniwheel, but we realized that it might be a good idea.

team 833's biggest problem in the past has been wheels. Our rookie year we had four wheel drive with the 8" Skyway's. The sideways friction and low weight of our robot gave us no control. Last year we tried a four wheel drive with pneumatic Skyway wheels. We had so much traction that we could only turn on the go. We makeshifted some omnis out of cable ties. So...

Last night we did our drive test with our new omnis on the front, and the level of maneuverability and control that we had was absolutely amazing. We could spin it at a rate of about 2 rotations per second, around the axis of the back wheels.

If you're planning on using only these blue omnis, you will have no control over your robot. If another robot hits you, you will slide all the way across the field before you stop. You might want to reconsider. They have a lot of forward/backward grip though.