VEX Drive Trains J M Gabrielse Drive Trains
VEX Drive Trains J. M. Gabrielse
Drive Trains • • • Vocabulary Skid Steering (Tank Drive) Swerve Drive Holonomic (Omni) Drive Mecanum Drive J. M. Gabrielse
Drive Train A robot’s drive train consists of all of the components used to make the robot move. – Motors – Wheels – Gears J. M. Gabrielse
Omni-Wheels rollers around the edges allow omni-wheels to roll sideways The 4” omni-wheels are in your kits. The 3” onmi-wheels are not included. J. M. Gabrielse
X-Wheel Drive X = how many wheels are connected to motors • Two wheel drive: two wheels are powered • Four wheel drive: four wheels are powered How many motors the robot has doesn’t matter: • The protobot has only two motors, but it is an example of four wheel drive since all four wheels are connected to motors. J. M. Gabrielse
Tank Drive The left and right sides of the robot are powered by different motors. Each wheel of the Simplebot is directly connected to a motor Simplebot Base J. M. Gabrielse
Skid Steering (Tank Drive) To turn, one side goes forward and the other goes backwards. J. M. Gabrielse
Swerve/Crab Drive A swerve drive robot has the ability to rotate its wheels. J. M. Gabrielse
Holonomic (Omni) Drive Omni wheels pointing in opposite directions allow the robot to move in any direction or spin. J. M. Gabrielse
Holonomic Drive in Action A VEX robot with a holonomic drive J. M. Gabrielse
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