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Novel Drive Wheel System Based On Spinning Sphere

Posted by timothy on from the spin-do-not-sit dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Bradley University student has built a mobile robot that uses a hemispherical omnidirectional gimbaled, or HOG, drive wheel. It consists of a black rubber hemisphere that rotates like a spinning top, with servos that can tilt it left and right and forwards and backwards. The HOG system delivers an amount of torque directly proportional to the tilt of the hemisphere, allowing the robot to move incredibly fast nearly instantaneously."

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  1. Do not want by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I haven't wanted anything to do with them since they signed that deal with Microsoft. They're a bunch of fucking sellouts, and I don't want anything to do with them or Suse. I damn sure don't care if they've come up with some crazy new drive technology.