RE: Interesting mouse

[David Otten <otten@mit.edu>]

Harjit, I think it actually works out.  At first I thought the same
as you but after I drew a little picture, it seems to be good.

This drive configuration is very popular with the line follower entries
in Japan and I would suspect that is what inspired it.

It is not totally obvious to me why it works so well but the video was
impressive.

At 08:58 AM 7/24/2009 -0700, you wrote:

If both front and rear wheels are driven from the same pinion won't the wheels turn in opposite directions?
 
Which means there has to be another gearing stage in there somewhere but I can't spot it.
 
> From: peter.harrison@helicron.net
> To: micromouse@cs.rhul.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: Interesting mouse
> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:57:25 +0100
>
> I believe this mouse drives all four wheels. The motor pinion is
> placed between the drive wheels and all have a drive gear. It is very
> quick as well...
>
> http://blog.livedoor.jp/robolabo/archives/51274275.html
>
> Pete Harrison
>
> On 24 Jul 2009, at 06:04, Harjit Singh wrote:
>
> > Found a picture - the center wheels are driven and the rear wheels
> > appear to be casters...
> >
> > http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/robolabo/imgs/3/6/36164370.jpg
> >
> > According to the blog the mouse weighs 88gms!
> >
> > From: zeetahhs@hotmail.com
> > To: micromouse@cs.rhul.ac.uk
> > Subject: Interesting mouse
> > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:18:37 -0700
> >
> > Looks like a very interesting looking mouse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO3nB_H6Ytw
> > .
> >
> > I can't figure out the drive scheme - it looks like the rear wheels
> > are the driven wheels and the front wheels are connected to encoders
> > but I can't tell...
> >
> > Harjit
> >
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