W9GFO's Mecanum Robot at Expo

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• Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514

  2012-04-15 21:18 edited 2012-04-15 21:18

  That is sooo cool! I've seen those wheels used on forklifts, which seems like the perfect app. Hopefully, we'll see more robotic applications of them going forward.
  
  -Phil
• erco Posts: 20,248

  2012-04-15 21:43 edited 2012-04-15 21:43

  Rich described his "Kepler" project to me at Expo, hopefully he'll share that here too. Neat idea.
• W9GFO Posts: 4,010

  2012-04-15 22:05 edited 2012-04-15 22:05

  erco wrote: »

  Rich described his "Kepler" project to me at Expo, hopefully he'll share that here too. Neat idea.

  
  Shhhh, that's a secret for now.
  
  The clue is right there in the name.
• Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514

  2012-04-15 22:13 edited 2012-04-15 22:13

  Rich described his "Kepler" project to me at Expo, ...
  
  Shhhh, that's a secret for now. The clue is right there in the name.

  Keeping a quadcopter platform stable enough to host a large telescope would certainly get my attention!
  
  -Phil
• Rayman Posts: 13,850

  2012-04-16 08:47 edited 2012-04-16 08:47

  It was very cool how it could go sideways. Still not sure how it does that...
• GordonMcComb Posts: 3,366

  2012-04-16 10:11 edited 2012-04-16 10:11

  Very cool indeed. In case folks are interested in these kinds of wheels, here they are on the Vex site:
  
  http://www.vexrobotics.com/276-1447.html
  
  Price is for a package of four, which is a pretty good deal, considering. $15 each for nice 4" wheels is pretty good.
  
  Rich, how does your bot do on an incline?
  
  -- Gordon
• erco Posts: 20,248

  2012-04-16 17:50 edited 2012-04-16 17:50

  Too bad Duane couldn't make it to Expo, he built a great robot using the same Vex wheels. The only thing better than a mecanum robot is TWO mecanum robots. It would have been cool to see the two mecanum bots dancing & orbiting around each other.
  
  http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?130797-Mecanum-Wheeled-Robot-with-Machine-Vision&p=1078740&viewfull=1#post1078740
  

  
• W9GFO Posts: 4,010

  2012-04-16 18:07 edited 2012-04-16 18:07

  GordonMcComb wrote: »

  Rich, how does your bot do on an incline?

  
  It did not have any problems going up or down the curb cuts. That's the limit of my experience so far.