OmniChain Roller.

by | Aug 22, 2014 | Design

I think this could be pretty good, at least as an initial idea. Two rubber rollers, a bolt in between. It might need some bearings but maybe some nylon washers would be enough. In the middle is a bent metal clip to hold it together, something a machine could pop out a...

Omni Wheels

by | Aug 21, 2014 | Design

I found a great website that walks in detail about omni wheels and it confirms what I already knew, using 3 wheels isn’t such a great idea…  

Omni tracks

by | Aug 21, 2014 | Design

Well, there is nothing new under the sun, no amazing patent for me :p This is from some robot hacker group but they have no further information other than this picture. I also found this : It’s a Japanese design for a omni directional tracked vehicle that can...