This is an omni-directional wheel, but the little wheels around its circumference are powered so it can also move sideways. How well will a robot using this wheel be able to balance? Rubio says ...

Abstract: This study introduces a novel quadruped robot, the TerraAdapt, furnished with an innovative deformable wheel-foot integrated structure. This unique design grants the robot the flexibility to ...

IDEC Corp. recently expanded its ez-Wheel product family with the new SWD Safety Wheel ... It ensures that the application complies with the ISO 3691-4 international standard for mobile robot safety.

He adds that the riskiest drivers may be the least likely to take a Waymo, because the behind-the-wheel chaos is a feature not a bug for them. So even if robotaxis are exactly as safe as the average ...

But while the electronics might be dirt cheap thanks to the economies of scale, modular robot chassis can be surprisingly expensive. If you’ve got a 3D printer you can always make a chassis ...

Machinist, electronics engineer, programmer, and factory worker are all skills you can wield if you take on a project like building this omniwheel robot ... to the wheel’s axis.