Usually, the odometry pods are made using a 2-inch omni wheel connected to a rotation sensor. This can be done the conventional way with an axle but currently the most effective and efficient odometry pods use screw joints.
Not my video, apologies for the low fps:
This topic has a lot of good discussion about screw joint odometry pods.
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