TriWheel OmniWheel ... 3D model preview
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This is so you can make a larger wheel that can navigate small stairs/steps ... maybe with your robot ... Ideally, each individual OmniWheel would have a motor but this is the affordable solution using one motor driven center gear. You can snag a 50mm diameter OmniWheel with a 3mm hub diameter out of this for your robot too ... not even use the outer mounting plates. All these parts are MakerBotable ... Here's a Demo animation; http://www.brainless.org/MultiMedia/Pictures/SW-Portfolio/StrollerWheelb.gif This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest ... blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/04/makerbot_giveaway.html I'm starting to get dizzy from all the dreaming 'n scheming 'n sketching my brains out for this contest.