This invention uses three fixed-position omniwheels and their associated motors to drive any possible rotation of a sphere. The mechanism is much simpler than mechanisms using multidirectional wheels (i.e., conventional wheels with a mechanism which changes the orientation of their axes). The invention can be applied for rotating surfaces which are approximately, but not perfectly, spherical.


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    Title :

    THREE-WHEEL DRIVE FOR SPHERICAL SURFACES


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    Publication date :

    2018-04-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge



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