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3.3. Wheels 27<br />
target surface, maximum payload, weights <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wheels, and price. The<br />
first selected wheel was <strong>the</strong> omniwheel shown in Figure 3.6(a). The wheel<br />
consists <strong>of</strong> three small rollers, which may affect <strong>the</strong> turning since <strong>the</strong> coverage<br />
is not good enough. Also <strong>the</strong> wheel itself is heavier than <strong>the</strong> one with<br />
<strong>the</strong> transwheel shown in Figure 3.6(b) A single transwheel is 0.5 oz lighter<br />
than an omniwheel. Ano<strong>the</strong>r model is <strong>the</strong> double transwheel seen in Figure<br />
3.6(c), which is produced by merging two transwheels, where <strong>the</strong> rollers are<br />
covering all <strong>the</strong> wheel, which will enable <strong>the</strong> movement in any direction easily<br />
and more consisting model by reducing <strong>the</strong> possible power transmission<br />
loss that can be occur, when merging <strong>the</strong> two wheels by hand.<br />
(a) Omniwheel (b) Transwheel (c) Double Transwheel<br />
Figure 3.6: Wheels<br />
In order reach <strong>the</strong> maximum speed <strong>of</strong> 1 m/sec., we should have <strong>the</strong><br />
following equation.<br />
speed = circumreference∗rps<br />
speed = diameter ∗pi∗rps<br />
As it can be seen from <strong>the</strong> equation <strong>the</strong> speed is also related with <strong>the</strong> rotation<br />
per second (rps) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wheels, which is determined by <strong>the</strong> motor. So<br />
<strong>the</strong> dimension choice <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wheels are made keeping <strong>the</strong> rps in mind. The<br />
rpm necessary to turn our wheels with <strong>the</strong> maximum speed <strong>of</strong> 1 meter/second<br />
<strong>the</strong> is calculated as follows:<br />
1000mm/second = diameter ∗pi∗rps<br />
1000mm/second = 49.2mm∗pi∗rps<br />
rps ∼ = 6.4