Very cool, but possibly a little awkward.
Two wheels is the way to go! -- or 3 or 4 if you are old school! Ha!
-- OR what about 2 of the unicycle beasties to make a two wheeled balancer
that can drive sideways?
Watch the video, at about second 20 you can see that it very clearly
_does_ drive sideways. Also look at the turn around second 30, you can
see sideways motion as she leans.
I think they are using a ball, rather then a wheel, and can drive it in
any direction.
Looks like a robot platform to me!
David
Could it be like an omni-wheel but with powered rollers?
Anton
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David,
Yes, I did see the unicycle drive sideways -- just wondering about having a
two wheeled version of that unicycle where it would only be concerned with
tipping in the primary direction of motion, but could move side to side
without having to rotate 90.
So might the "wheel" be something like a driven omni-wheel???
<Ahh, just caught email from Anton asking same as I send>
Incidentally, thank you for addressing me as "his excellency". On thing
that has grated on me is the total disrespect of my commanding authority
during my reign.
Ron
Howdy,
Omni-wheels can ROLL in an arbitrary direction (somewhat) but would be
very hard to DRIVE in an arbitrary direction, I think, especially for
the tiny adjustments needed for balance in 3D. This is more likely
the CMU type design:
< http://www.suicidebots.com/2006/12/23/cmu-ballbot/ >
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Cheers!
dpa
For those that like watching the video but skipped the text:
"What makes the U3-X particularly interesting is it has the regular
large wheel of a unicycle, but that wheel is actually made up of
several small wheels in a series, which can rotate independently,
meaning that the device can go forward, backward, side-to-side and
diagonally, all being controlled with a simple lean."
David
Oh heck. Well if you're gonna READ ...
:)
dpa
It walk and quacks much like a duck. Er ... a powered omniwheel.
See the drawing:
http://jalopnik.com/5366447/honda-u3+x-personal-mobility-dev[..]
David Wilson
Here's another video, which shows the 'drifting' a little better than with
the all-white background on the previous video:
Very, very cool!
After this video is over, click on the second video from the left.
It shows the wheel is an omniwheel. A link straight to the video:
&feature=player_embedded#t=12
(You need to press Play - it does not start automatically.)
- Dan
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