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Re: 3 Robot Project - ALL DONE ALMOST
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lugnet.robotics
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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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| 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 (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 3 Robot Project - ALL DONE ALMOST
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| 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, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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