Motorcycles are pretty rad, but there are some issues with them, like the fact that they can only turn corners by leaning your meaty flesh sack from side to side, and they can’t easily go backward or ...
The robot uses a single motor to drive its hemispherical omnidirectional gimbaled wheel, propelling it across the floor at amazing speeds with uncanny agility. The robot uses a simple two axis ...
These wheels enable a car to move laterally along the ground. Inventor William Liddiard created these omnidirectional wheels and put them on his own car. Liddiard calls this "all-wheel drive." ...
It is called the Celluveyor. It consists of several small hexagonal cells driven by omnidirectional wheels. The inventors were inspired by soccer-playing robots. They decided to take the robots ...
The real interesting bit is the 3D printed omnidirectional Mecanum wheels he’s designed to fit the motors, which he thinks could have far reaching applications beyond his own project.