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[DLuders]

On his LEGOstudio Model Gallery, ISOGAWAYoshihito posted his cool Lego Technic OMNI WHEEL CRAB with several detailed pictures so you could possibly make your own:      YouTube video

  

[Philo]

Cute and clever, as usual... I wonder how it is controlled, omniwheel vehicles are not easy to control with a 4 sticks remote... Maybe a NXT + IR-link?

[DLuders]

Philo, on 22 November 2012 - 04:30 PM, said:

I wonder how it is controlled, omniwheel vehicles are not easy to control with a 4 sticks remote... Maybe a NXT + IR-link?

The YouTube video of aeh5040's "Lobster" Lego Technic Mecanum Wheel Car  shows how one can use two Power Functions remotes.  His Lobster Building Instructions show those remotes too:

  

[Philo]

Agreed, but aeh5040's includes a bunch of differentials to make control easy, something that doesn't exist (as far as I can see) in Isogawa's crab. Controlling each wheel separately is tricky (but then I tend to be all thumbs ;)

[ms09]

Very cute MOC from ISOGAWAYoshihito, like always.

[Gene]

Genius!