OMNIDIRECTIONAL TRAVELING VEHICLE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce noise and make a vehicle quiet. SOLUTION: This omnidirectional traveling vehicle is provided with a drive means 3 which is provided with a ball wheel 11 supported so as to roll freely, a ring 30 which is arranged at outer periphery of the ball wheel 11 and is rotated and driven around a shaft by a drive source 33, and a plurality of rollers 31 which are supported by the ring 30 and come into contact with a great circle of the ball wheel 11 and transmits the rotation of the ring 30 to the ball wheel 11 through the rollers 31 and a control means controlling and driving at least three drive means individually. In the drive means 3, the ring 30 is rotated and driven by a belt to reduce driving sound owing to belt drive.