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British YouTuber James Bruton has plenty of experience with self-balancing technology and omnidirectional wheels, having already built a self-balancing bicycle using a sideways-mounted omni-wheel, as well as a heap of self-stabilizing robot projects.Co… Continue reading Video: Self-balancing omnidirectional motorcycle spins, slides and glides
A small research group from the University of Michigan has developed a three-legged skating/shuffling robot called SKOOTR that rolls as it walks, can move along in any direction and can even rise up to overcome obstacles.Continue ReadingCategory: Robot… Continue reading Omnidirectional tripedal robot scoots, shuffles and climbs
Ordinarily, wireless chargers emit an electromagnetic field in just one direction, limiting the number of devices they can charge at once. An experimental new charger, however, produces a donut-shaped field, for the simultaneous charging of multiple ga… Continue reading Cylindrical wireless charger juices up devices placed all around it
The Robotics Lab at Hyundai has developed a new rolling platform to serve as the base for camera dollies on a movie set, package delivery bots, mobility vehicles and even baby strollers. The electric Mobile Eccentric Droid (MobED) features four indepen… Continue reading Hyundai rolls out highly maneuverable MobED mobility platform
While most of us can’t afford to pay a person to patrol our home at night, it would still be nice to know that something was checking up on stuff as we slept. That’s where Moorebot’s Scout robot is designed to come in.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics… Continue reading Omnidirectional mini robot could soon be patrolling your home
Omnidirectional video cameras are becoming increasingly popular, although they’re still mostly just used recreationally. An international scientific research team, however, has now utilized one of the devices to gain a better understanding of whale beh… Continue reading Omnidirectional camera put to practical use – in whale study