Parametric Mecanum Wheel (EXPERIMENTAL)

Description

_Edit: Just Discovered Wheel Geometry Is Off. Hoping To Get A More Accurate And Better Solving V3 Out Soon._ Welcome To The _Parametric Mecanum Wheel Repository_, A Project Undertaken During The 2017-2018 Ftc Season _Relic Recovery_! Years Of Ftc Competition Had Showed Me The Inadequacies Of Store-Bought Mecanum Wheels And Was The Inspiration For This Project. Here You Can Find The Designs I Made And How I Made Them - Documented In Two _Solidworks_ Drawings And An Excerpt From Our _Engineering Notebook_. You Are Invited To Make, Copy, Improve Or Learn From These Designs. Some Helpful Notes: + Both _Solidworks_ Designs Can Be Simply Reshaped To The Dimensions Of Your Choosing From The _Equations_-Dialog. 'Wheelv2' Is The More "Well-Behaved" Of The Two Designs And Should Be Able To Accommodate Most Dimensions It Is Given. Both Designs Might However Require Multiple Rebuilds To Fully Generate. I'M Still Improving My Skills In Cad And Wish To Create A More Stable Design. For Now - This Is What I Have Come Up With. + Be Creative. The Path I Took In Manufacturing These Wheels Might Not Be The Best. The Idea Of Printing The Rollers With Both Tpu And Pla Is An Approach I Would Have Loved To Try Hadn'T It Been For The Lack Of Access To A Multi-Material Printer And Could Provide Better Results For Those Willing To Try. That'S All For Now!

Statistics

Category

Tags