I have an idea for a drive I don’t know if it has been come up with before but it is an X-Drive with in between the wheels you have omni wheels between them in the shape of a parentheses. What would be wrong with this drive idea I know there has to be something but off the top of my head I can’t com…

[image] Asterisk Drive for Spin Up VRC > Spin Up (22/23) With the new game, I am interested in the ability to strafe. Being able to strafe is useful with: Quick repositioning Avoiding other robots Finding the best real estate in the endgame to start to expand Strafi…

[image] 2990j: idea for a drive I don’t know if it has been come up with before It has, as @9MotorGang said. [image] 2990j: What would be wrong with this drive idea I know there has to be something but off the top of my head I can’t come up with it (other than pushability) . The main …

with the implementation of 5.5w motors, asterisk drive seems more and more useless since 16.5w x drive pods are now doable and you get more power in all directions instead of just forward and backwards

I like x drives. I have no idea why, but I like them. So more x drive ish things are nice.

[PXL_20240423_203901857.MP] One of our robots does something similar. It uses mechanum instead of x and has custom gear ratio. The drawbacks are that it uses 6 motors, which isn’t a problem for us because we have unlimited motors. We are using 3d printed mechanum wheels because vex 's are massive…

I’ma need to know more about these 3d printed mechanum wheels.

VEX U - you can 3d print anything you want, even functional parts

Sure! So I designed the mechanum wheels to be vexu legal at the beginning of the season, so they use the 4" Omni rollers as the mechanum rollers. They are 3.25" so the work with the other 3.25" Omni wheels. Unfortunately, because of the awkward size of the rollers, I can only fit 11 around the wheel…

Yes, the only limits on 3d printing are that you have to use FDM printing and cannot use Resin printers. So we have no limits on 3d printing, CNCing metal, unlimited plexi, unlimited motors, any pneumatics rated for 100psi, and linear slides, bearings or adhesives.

Hear me out on this new drive idea

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9MotorGang April 23, 2024, 5:23am 2