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Mechanics and Construction => Mechanics and Construction => Topic started by: airman00 on May 07, 2009, 07:59:09 PM

Title: Where can I find these wheels?
Post by: airman00 on May 07, 2009, 07:59:09 PM

Autonomous Robot with Localization 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMWQDauqmtk#lq-hq)

Where can I buy this wheel?

Title: Re: Where can I find these wheels?
Post by: robologist on May 13, 2009, 04:33:43 AM

Probably at a machine shop after you supply them with the appropriate CAD files. If you go back to the original YouTube video, there is a link in the description to http://seniord.ece.iastate.edu/may0835/ (http://seniord.ece.iastate.edu/may0835/) that describes the robot. This page http://seniord.ece.iastate.edu/may0835/robot_chassis.html (http://seniord.ece.iastate.edu/may0835/robot_chassis.html) contains a description of the wheels that seems to indicate they were custom machined.

If you have the money, AndyMark http://andymark.biz/wheels.html (http://andymark.biz/wheels.html) has some larger versions.

Title: Re: Where can I find these wheels?
Post by: Admin on May 24, 2009, 06:57:07 PM

Yeap definitely custom made. I see a lot of people machining that type, even in Thailand.