Pololu Ball Casster with 1" Plastic Ball Question

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Dear Support,

I am thinking to build a robot for practice. At this time, I want to use this part as the real wheel of the robot. Here is the question:

  1. Can the ball FREELY turn in 360 degree?

  2. For my robot, the fixture which holds the wheel has about 3.5" room to ground. If I use this ball, do you have some bracket/support I can use to hold this caster?

Thanks a lot
Jimmy

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Hey @jqin2014

Yes, this ball can turn freely in each direction.

There aren’t any specifically made brackets for the caster, unfortunately. The mounting is pretty simple and can be attached to pretty much anything as long as you drill 2 holes in a platform.