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Navigator With Mecanum (Omni) Wheel Robot Platforms

Has anyone played with Robot platforms that use Mecanum wheels and navigation and tracking?  My Roomba, Turtle bot, Roli etc are difficult to navigate when you are trying to line something up using navigation software. I am looking for something that would work well with ARC and Navigator but never having any experience with Mecanum wheels not sure where to start.  There are a bunch of mecanum wheels on line and some robot platforms but was hoping someone else had played with them before I rush out and purchase something.


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#9  

Finally turned up looks like it will do. Seems to be enough space to mount a rock pi x in a case and some sensors.  Will need to make some brackets up for the intel sensors and mount a battery to power motors for wheels and PC.  But for $51 Canadian quality seems ok. Will add some hbridges and i guess an Iotiny and a lidar etc. 

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#11  

Planning to use a Lidar Nink?

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#12  

Id use an ardunio pro micro instead of iotiny if there’s an onboard pc. The iotiny requires wifi and the arduino is usb

plus the arduino gives you a lot more ports.

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#13  

@DJ Sadly  I don’t have an arduino pro micro kicking around but I have a bunch of esp32 so I guess i will try one of these.

@Proteusy on the LiDAR yeah I have an old Neato xv11 but I think  ARC NMS only works with the Hitachi so I may have to buy one of these but I think I will save that for later as navigation is pretty slick with the two intel sensors.

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Synthiam
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You can read the NMS page to see supported sensors

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#15   — Edited

OK thanks @DJ  BTW does your ESP32 code support connection via a com port in ARC or just WiFi (I have only ever connected to ESP32 via WiFi but this obviously isn't ideal since PC is beside ESP and I would have to add a USB WiFi adapter)

Edit: OK I see on the ARC page it says ESP32 only supports WiFi and not COM port  https://synthiam.com/Products/ARC

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#16   — Edited

I will put Jeremie as the person who solved this one as he gave me lots of info on the Mecanum wheels and how they work.  DJ I appreciate all the help and guidance and recommendation to switch to arduino. I have a solution running now but difficult to control so I think I will upgrade to a sabertooth and an Arduino Pro Micro.   I will post a video of the finished product when complete.