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Here's next week's video, early for Patrons. This one goes out publicly on Tuesday 16th.

As with all these small demo units, I'd like to make one large enough to ride on at some point. I'm also considering another version with many more wheels.

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Omni-Vehicle - PREVIEW VERSION

This vehicle is omni-directional and uses a combination of Ackermann and swerve steering to achieve it. I really wanted to see how well this would work out - using trigonometry to calculate the wheel angles and velocities based on their distance from the centre of rotation. You can support me on Patreon or buy my Merchandise: *************************** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xrobots Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/james-bruton *************************** Affiliate links - I will get some money of you use them to sign up or buy something: *************************** Matterhackers 3D printing supplies: http://www.matterhackers.com?aff=7500 Music for your YouTube videos: http://share.epidemicsound.com/xrobots *************************** Other socials: *************************** Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xrobotsuk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xrobotsuk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/xrobotsuk *************************** CAD and Code for my projects: https://github.com/XRobots Huge thanks to my Patrons, without whom my standard of living would drastically decline. Like, inside out-Farm Foods bag decline. Plus a very special shoutout to Lulzbot, Inc who keep me in LulzBot 3D printers and support me via Patreon. HARDWARE/SOFTWARE Below you can also find a lot of the typical tools, equipment and supplies used in my projects: Filament from: https://www.3dfuel.com/ Lulzbot 3D Printers: http://bit.ly/2Sj6nil Bearings from: https://simplybearings.co.uk/ Lincoln Electric Welder: https://bit.ly/2Rqhqos CNC Router: https://bit.ly/2QdsNjt Ryobi Tools: http://bit.ly/2RhArcD Axminster Micro Lathe: http://bit.ly/2Sj6eeN 3D Printer Filament: http://bit.ly/2PdcdUu Soldering Iron: http://bit.ly/2DrNWDR Vectric CNC Software: http://bit.ly/2zxpZqv Why not join my community, who are mostly made up of actual geniuses. There’s a Facebook group and everything: https://www.facebook.com/groups/287089964833488/ XROBOTS Former toy designer, current YouTube maker and general robotics, electrical and mechanical engineer, I’m a fan of doing it yourself and innovation by trial and error. My channel is where I share some of my useful and not-so-useful inventions, designs and maker advice. Iron Man is my go-to cosplay, and 3D printing can solve most issues - broken bolts, missing parts, world hunger, you name it. XRobots is the community around my content where you can get in touch, share tips and advice, and more build FAQs, schematics and designs are also available.

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Pete Mertz

Super neat project!! My first thought was "Man, that would be fun to ride on" then I read your description :) Maybe an opportunity for a team up with Ivan Miranda's giant printer.

XRobots

Thanks. I think I'd probably get my welder and CNC out again at some point!

Anonymous

At first I wasn't terribly excited about this project but the deeper I got into the video the more excited I got. This would make a great autonomous robot platform, just saying 😉

A. Bleys Ingram

That would be a great Wheelchair platform

XRobots

I'm not sure how ROS would deal with the multi-wheel modes, but I guess you could build your own abstraction layer so it just moves the way it's expected to.

Richard Hackathorn

AMAZING!!! That is one agile robot. Love the tight circles.

Anonymous

Something about that differential steering is very hypnotic! Almost like a rendering.

Anonymous

nice to see this working. I have plans for my own 4WD robot with individual steering. But unfortunately no time to build. For now I have to live with the CAD model.