Has any team come up with an omni-wheel design that allows for the mini-wheels in each omni wheel to turn on their own?
Can you explain further what you mean by each of the mini-whells turning on their own. My team 1257 had a functional holonomic drive using the omni-wheels last year the mini-wheels spin on their own based on the movement of the robot. Please elaborate on your question and im sure i can help you out.
P.S i hope you dont have in mine an omni-whell design for this years competition i wouldnt recomend it
sorry. what i mean is that the omnis are not positioned like this
or any similar designs. I want to know if you can get the mini-wheels moving by motor or some other means.
yea for the holonomic drive the wheels are position at 45 degree angles like this
/ \ I cant understand a practical reason for controling the miniwheels
\ / on a motor?
there is…i can assure you 
one, i dont think its possible, two the prograaming would be ridicoulously complex to make it all those wheels actually being controlled by motors.
i figured it out…using gears
Sure its possible, but it would be overcomplicated, require very big wheels or very small gears.
The reasons I could see for this would be so be able to more easily climb the ramp, and have more pushing power in the forward direction.
I think you talking about positioning the wheels like this.
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with the rollers opposite. Is this correct?
Also the programing for this would be no more complicated than the pro gaming for a normal omni drive. However I don’t see the benefit of this over using a swerve drive because its more complicated to build and doesn’t hold any advantages over a swerve.
Alex