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I have been working on a few different designs for a Lego Holonomic Drive or Killough Platform. I almost have the components right with the robot that I have built here: (URL) anyone else built this type of platform using the NXT set? I found this (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Rich Thompson" <rich@robotthoughts.com> wrote in message news:JAAttJ.I8z@lugnet.com... (...) Can you define "holonomic" as that word relates to this project of yours? I looked it up on dictionary.reference.com and it didn't find a dictionary entry (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Basically, it's a fancy word meaning that the robot is movable in every possible direction and can spin in every direction. A Killough platform is holonomic in a two dimensional world - it can move forwards, backwards, left and right - and (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes, Steve Hasseplug: (URL) (...) You may use RCX motors with conversion cables. But rotation sensors help to coordinates motors to drive precisely in any direction. I love your toe-like "wheels" ;o) Philo (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Ah, now that is sweet. I hate that I missed that. It is very similar to the smaller RCX rama version below. (...) Hehe, I guess that qualifies it as a walker. Rich (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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