06-01-2010 13:21

Andrew Remmers

Re: pic: Chicapus08

You might want to double up those Omni-wheels. It will move more efficiently since it will have a rolling surface on the ground at all times.

06-01-2010 15:18

jamie_1930

Re: pic: Chicapus08

I actually didn't think of that, thanks for the tip. Next year, if we still go with holonomic, we'll do that, but this year we only had 2 omni wheels.

06-01-2010 15:57

Greg Needel

Re: pic: Chicapus08

I would like to point out that what you have here is not a holonomic drive, In this instance from your posts you are using the omni wheels as just a caster, which would just make this a tank drive.

Holonomic drive within robotics is the ability to move in all direction and rotate independently. This would require either 3 omni wheels located 120 degrees apart, omni wheels located 90 degrees apart, or a set of mecanum wheels.

I am not trying to be critical, I am just trying to encourage you to use proper terminology so that your thoughts and ideas are perceived the way you intend them to be.

06-01-2010 16:08

jamie_1930

Re: pic: Chicapus08

It's fine I'm glad you corrected me on that. As a freshmen I was talking with one of the senior students on the team and we were discussing drive trains, this system was introduced to me as holonomic.

Well I guess next year we'll have to make the real version then