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  2. Mecanum wheel - Wikipedia

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    A Mecanum wheel is an omnidirectional wheel design for a land-based vehicle to move in any direction. It is sometimes called the Swedish wheel or Ilon wheel after its inventor, Bengt Erland Ilon (1923–2008), [ 1 ] who conceived of the concept while working as an engineer with the Swedish company Mecanum AB, and patented it in the United ...

  3. Robotino - Wikipedia

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    The omnidirectional drive consists of three Mecanum wheels, all of which are individually controllable.These wheels are arranged at angles of 120°. Robotino has a bumper sensor around its circumference, infrared distance sensors, a color camera with VGA resolution, optical wheel encoders, power measurement for the entire system and the various motors, as well as a battery voltage monitor.

  4. Kiwi drive - Wikipedia

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    the BattleBot OMINOUS, shown here with a Kiwi Drive. A Kiwi drive is a holonomic drive system of three omni-directional wheels (such as omni wheels or Mecanum wheels), 120 degrees from each other, that enables movement in any direction using only three motors.

  5. File:Mecanum wheel control principle.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: Mecanum wheel control principle. Movements to any directions: a) Moving straight ahead; b) Moving sideways; c) Moving diagonally; d) Moving around a bend; e) Rotation; f) Rotation around the central point of one axle

  6. Forklift - Wikipedia

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    Truck frame – the base of the machine to which the mast, axles, wheels, counterweight, overhead guard and power source are attached. The frame may have fuel and hydraulic fluid tanks constructed as part of the frame assembly. Counterweight – a mass attached to the rear of the forklift truck frame. The purpose of the counterweight is to ...

  7. Omni wheel - Wikipedia

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    Omni wheels or poly wheels, similar to Mecanum wheels, are wheels with small discs (called rollers) around the circumference which are perpendicular to the turning direction. The effect is that the wheel can be driven with full force, but will also slide laterally with great ease. These wheels are often employed in holonomic drive systems.

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    The high dropout rates have provoked neither an internal crisis nor a re-evaluation of programming. Stamper dismissed dropouts as “attrition by personal choice.” An addict’s failure is considered a result of not being ready for treatment, never an indication that there might be a problem with the treatment itself.

  9. Sanbot (robot) - Wikipedia

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    4-wheel drive External wheel motor and Mecanum wheel Vertical Jump 1.77 in/4.5 cm Platform Android/Linux/ROS/RTOS: Head Microphone x7, Eye Display: OLED x 2, Background lights: RGB X 2, Speakers: Tweeter x2, Degrees of movement x 3, HD camera (720P) x 1, Visual Camera x 1, 3D Camera x 1, Lighting: LED Light x 1, Touch Sensor x 1 Torso