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Compliant Wheels

These are a series of 3D printable compliant wheels I designed. They have various diameter flexible TPU "outers", and hard plastic PLA/PETG "inners" with a few different bores. The hard plastic part is pressed into the TPU part, and held permanently by a set of small tapered fingers. Compliant wheels have a lot of uses, but they are mainly for intaking or manipulating difficultly shaped objects. 

Finished Wheels

Some of the finished compliant wheels are to the right. The inner and outer wheel components can be seen clearly in image 1 (The inner in orange and the outer in black). 

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