13-02-2015 00:34

asid61

Re: pic: 4183 Wooden Swrrrv

I want a video of this driving, please. If that module holds up, that would be really awesome.

EDIT: Is that wooden disc on a bearing, or are you using a wood bearing?

13-02-2015 00:34

cgmv123

Re: pic: 4183 Wooden Swrrrv

I hope the gears aren't wood too.

13-02-2015 00:35

MrForbes

Re: pic: 4183 Wooden Swrrrv

Gears aren't wood, but the chain is

They only have one module, and no code yet that I know of. Just a fun side project to make with the laser cutter.

13-02-2015 00:35

bkahl

Re: pic: 4183 Wooden Swrrrv

What are you using to support the robot weight?

13-02-2015 00:38

GUI

Re: pic: 4183 Wooden Swrrrv

The wood disk is a bearing, laser cut edge on laser cut edge with some grease.

Just the steering gears.

There will be a thrust bearing between the top of the module and the top sheet on the housing.

13-02-2015 08:14

philso

Re: pic: 4183 Wooden Swrrrv

Can you post pictures showing off the internals too?

This is way cool!

13-02-2015 23:13

TheOtherGuy

Re: pic: 4183 Wooden Swrrrv

Here are some pictures of the guts.






We copied the basic geometry from the latest 221 revolution pro and added the lower support similar to wild swerve.

Didn't have any 3/8" hex bearings so we made a 1/2" hex to 3/8" hex shaft.

If other portions of the robot hadn't taken up so much time, I'm sure we would have used it. Unfortunately, there's a lot of negativity on these forums regarding designing a swerve drive in a build season So expectations were slim and we went with omniwheels. This was made in the first 2 weeks with very little effort, maybe 10 hours, while we focused on other prototypes.