pic: Demolished Bellypan



Luckily we had a spare and were able to replace it, but mdf never again.

What are the omni wheels for?

I’m guessing they were connected to encoders for odometry — just doing it off of drive encoders isn’t very reliable because they can slip. 1986 did something similar, iirc.

Didn’t 1986 do it because they were using mechanum?

MDF??!?

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Drop down omnis to escape T-bones. We have the encoders right on the gearbox.

My reaction, too. In addition to being a terrible structural material, that stuff is awful to work with.

It’s cheap, I guess.

Mistakes were made :o

I mean, I’m not going to say the OP’s team was asking for it, but…

Yes, because mechanums slip and encoders cannot tell the difference between slip and traversing.