What's this called?

its probably not from the food industry as they have to uses stainless for pretty much everything cos they cant have paint or rust contaminating the food

Got another What's it called?!

Those bearings people put at the front of their robot so the chassis doesn't run on the ground, but instead on the ball? I need a couple, but can't figure out their name to search for them.

Cheers!

Do you mean these things? - http://www.google.co.uk/search?um=1&hl= ... 0QWOnajyDw

I think they're called ball castors. Were do people get theirs for robots?

the technical name for them is ballbearing transfer units i believe i always call them BTU 's

technobots :)

http://www.technobotsonline.com/wheels- ... units.html

Excellent, thanks.

I searched T-bots for Ball Caster and it brought up nothing (despite ball caster quite clearly being in the name of several products) stupid crappy search function.

Looks like the ones I need are out of stock. I did find these though:

http://www.active-robots.com/motors-whe ... -pair.html

Bit pricey......

I'll now search for BTUs.

bit cheaper

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?rt=nc& ... 86.c0.m283

eBay

Struggling to find any suitable, plus there doesn't seem to be many.

300685751586
140720975960

Just a couple I found In a matter of minutes, rs components sell them aswel