Carbon Fiber Swerve Module

I worked on a novel drivetrain mechanism with my robotics team. This omni-directional module can rotate the wheel while simultaneously driving it, allowing our robot to be incredibly dexterous no matter which way it is facing. It even allows the robot to spin while driving in a straight line. We were chosen as the first ever Markforged Customer Part of the Month winners for this project!

I’m also posting a worksheet I made for one of our 3D modeling classes, exploring this new design. Feel free to download a PDF and tweak/reuse this lesson.