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Offline alessio136Topic starter

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Omni-directional Wheels?
« on: June 12, 2008, 05:12:19 AM »

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Re: Omni-directional Wheels?
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2008, 10:42:38 AM »
They're called Mecanum Wheels


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecanum_wheel


a google for that will return results.

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Re: Omni-directional Wheels?
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2008, 11:05:40 AM »
They're called Mecanum Wheels


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecanum_wheel


a google for that will return results.

great! thank you :)

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Re: Omni-directional Wheels?
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2008, 06:25:12 PM »
do you specifically want those wheels , or any wheel that is omnidirectional?
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Re: Omni-directional Wheels?
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2008, 12:27:52 PM »
do you specifically want those wheels , or any wheel that is omnidirectional?

cheap ones, but not exactly those of the video :)

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Re: Omni-directional Wheels?
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2008, 01:13:12 AM »
VEX sells them. Also you can try EBAY, sometimes they have VEX parts. 

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Re: Omni-directional Wheels?
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2008, 04:14:35 PM »
i found a website that sells 'em http://www.omniwheel.com/  ;D
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Re: Omni-directional Wheels?
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2008, 07:38:25 PM »
there are cheaper ones out there .... ummm TrossenRobotics and Pololu might have
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Re: Omni-directional Wheels?
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2008, 07:59:31 PM »
cheaper than 3 bucks???
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Re: Omni-directional Wheels?
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2008, 09:26:49 PM »
wow nevermind 3 bux is cheep , i thought the price was higher

disregard my suggestion
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Re: Omni-directional Wheels?
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2008, 08:08:38 PM »
yeah, it's kinda weird, some of them they sell are $60 and others are $3. maybe I'm reading it wrong.
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Re: Omni-directional Wheels?
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2008, 05:59:41 AM »
Look at the sizes of them, the cheap ones are tiny.
Also the more expensive ones are designed to carry heavier loads probably meaning that they have extra stuff such as ball bearings to take into account

 


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