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Re: Most Impressive/Advanced/Unique/Cool drivetrain you've ever seen
Okay thanks a lot. What are the advantages of that over 4 wheels? I guess you use lss motors, but isn't it more stable with 4 wheels?
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With 3 wheels at 120* intervals when going straight forward you have only 2 of the 3 motors driving. But each of the two motors is getting roughly 86% of it's speed being applied in the forward direction. With 4 wheels at 90* intervals when going straight forward (or sideways or backward) all 4 motors are driving but you are getting roughly 70% of the speed of the motors being applied to the direction of travel. So I suppose you could say 3 wheels is more efficient because there is less vector cancellation. With 4 wheels it is naturally square while with 3 wheels it is naturally triangular 4 wheels/motors gives more traction 3 wheels/motors looks cooler? When it comes down to it, I don't see any reasons for picking 3 over 4 other than less weight and less power consumption and possibly greater speed for the same gearing. If anyone has any other benefits of only 3 wheels I'd sure like to hear about them. The main reason I'm building mine with 3 is so I can use one of these nifty little doo-dads http://www.robotlogic.com/product_omx3.html So I don't have to program a thing. ![]() |
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the drive 357 was cool but they were easy to push at philly they got pushed around, but it was an awsome drive to watch i still say 25 in 2003! lol sure it didnt move side to side but! it didnt need to
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It was mentioned with the holonomic that when one wheel would get up on the loading zone triangles it would throw off their traction on the wheels and make control a little shaky. With the Kiwi its like the difference between a four legged object and a tripod - the four legged chair/table or whatever will teeter if not on a flat surface, whereas the tripod doesn't care. |
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Kiwi drive has me intrigued a bit. I'm probably going to design one this summer and see how far I can get. My team is pretty hesitant to use omnidirectional because of lack of pushing power and ease to build. I'm still going to do what I can though. How would you calculate gearing for a kiwi robot?
Interesting ideas: Drop down tank drive like 111's Shifting kiwi (AM shifter, anyone?) Thanks, Daniel |
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From a mechanical standpoint, it shouldn't be all that hard, so long as you aren't making your own omni wheels. heck, just slap 3/4 NBD's on there and you're good to go ![]() I imagine the programming is the much more complicated aspect. |
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The other trouble that arises from three wheels is that to move forward (if there is a solid arm on the bot) you must drive one wheel across its face. This means that if it hits any bumps (especially if there is a large load on it) then it is far more likely to cause the robot to trip and fall. The other option is to have the wheels drive towards the center instead of perpendicular to it and while this type means that the robot is less likely to trip you can't actively turn the base and anything hitting the robot will turn is. About four wheels yes they will never all touch the floor properly if they are simply shimmed it is just as easy to put a suspension on them than to try to solve the problems faced by a three wheeled design. This is why when we found that we couldn't control our chassis because one wheel would loose traction and it would steer off to the side instead of making a new chassis or modifying the one we had we put a suspension on the wheels. It is now extremely easy and fun to drive while it is still stable and it doesn't trip over its own wheels. Alex |
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Thanks a lot for the explainations.
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This is true, nobody says you have to shift anywhere (just ask the folks that used the kitbot this year). However, I'm a sucker for taking things to The Next Level (tm) when I can.
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