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Re: 3 Robot Project - ALL DONE ALMOST
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Date: 
Wed, 7 Mar 2001 01:48:03 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Jason S. Mantor writes:
Try just using one wheel on your caster.  This will eliminate a good bit of
the drag you are seeing.  With one wheel, the drag shouldn't disturb your
vehicle's heading as much.  You could be tricky and use a spherical roller
or an omni wheel instead, too.

What is a sperical roller andomi wheel?  What do they look like?  Thanks
Ahui



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  Re: 3 Robot Project - ALL DONE ALMOST
 
A spherical roller is just a ball in a loose fiting socket like on the underside of a mechanical mouse. (Computer pointing device, not a robo-rodent !) Some people actually use the tops of roll on anti-perspirant bottles for casters on small (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: 3 Robot Project - ALL DONE ALMOST
 
Try just using one wheel on your caster. This will eliminate a good bit of the drag you are seeing. With one wheel, the drag shouldn't disturb your vehicle's heading as much. You could be tricky and use a spherical roller or an omni wheel instead, (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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