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From: Clint Laskowski <Clint.Laskowski@mixcom.mixcom.com>
Subject: Re: Synchro With Gears
Message-ID: <1994Mar3.041241.21292@mixcom.mixcom.com>
Sender: jjwwjj@mixcom.mixcom.com (Clint Laskowski)
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Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 04:12:41 GMT
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In <tallentCM21Lo.97w@netcom.com> tallent@netcom.com (Mike Tallent) writes:

>Who developed the first 3 wheel syncro gear driven wheel arrangement for 
>robotics? I've seen belt driven systems but not gear driven ones.

>Wheels rotate all to the same direction and then turn and go forward or 
>backwards causing omnidirectional motion.

>Has anyone out there designed such a robot base that would mind sharing 
>some of the details?

Real World Interface, Inc. (RWI) of Dublin, NH (603/563-8871)
makes several models which use a "synchronous drive system," but from
drawings and pictures I've seen, they appear to be belt driven.

If you do find any gear driven synchro drives, or any other belt
driven synchro drives, I for one would appreciate a summary. Maybe
you could summarize responses to the net?

NOTE: I'm not affiliated with RWI, I just think they have a COOL
brochure!

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* CLINT LASKOWSKI            
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