MAKE @ RobotBusiness 2008 Segway RMP

[SidedriverDotCom]

rollers are history. better way to do this with SideDriver wheels.

[jtbarnett45]

Robot and Segways rule! Check out Segway Pimpin

[NiekProductions]

april 8 is my birthday and the upload date! YAAY!

[DebbilsAdvocate]

Ok, now make it useful...

[electronicchronic]

k y dident he stand up that looks fun

[BoredomInAction]

7- shut it.

[t0bikun]

im confused on how it moves!

[garcondebanane]

Those strange looking wheels are called mecanum wheels. The robot moves sideways when front and back wheels rotate in opposite directions.

[derman077]

@garcondebanane I have also heard them called omni-wheels. Did you see them in the Star Trek movie? It's the scene with the guy from SGAtlantis in the warehouse before the ferry trip up to the ships. they were on the tow motor mythbusters have one also. (probably the same one, lol)

[AiBuster]

speaking of segways i met dean kamen when i didnt know who he was... (FIRST robotics comp lasvegas 06) he signed our bot

[Naud1234]

Cool wheels!

[fahubec]

pudranse triples hijos de la gran putaaaaa

malparidos de mierrrrrrrrdaaaa

hijos de putaaaaaa

[Charles2337]

This can help old people and the disabled.

[wiidude345]

probably just weld a chair to the top

also a seat belt dont want old people falling out of a moving chair

[Charles2337]

That's cool.

[SyberianBear]

It's a first version of Mitsubishi rally concept for LA Motor Show?)))

(sorry fo my english)

[Da5an4nThu9]

i think its ment to carry stuff instead of being a transport..ing thing

[infralord]

You have to love this robot for it's simplicity and those wheels!

[Floatsforlife]

if you could add handle bars and control it your self through the handle bars it would be a great toy! That things awesome!

[pokecatt]

Looks fun, if you can stay on it. XD

[woshibancun]

OMG. the wheels freak me out! cool.

[ilballodisanvito]

a-m-a-z-i-n-g

[Malthus]

awesome wheels

making them bigger would make them look

even more creepy

[seg9585]

These are just omni wheels. They've been used in FIRST Robotics for years now. I've seen some pretty impressive applications of them, much quicker and maneuverable than what I see in this video.

[BeechSundowner]

Good video!

[pyr666]

how does it turn? it can't run the wheels in opposite directions, it would slide.

[seg9585]

You can turn in place by running both wheels on one side in the same direction and magnitude, and both on the other side in reverse direction

[khanzah]

/watch?v=tLJsYe1d35E&feature its all about tecnoalgy

[adobeee]

Does it have as much grip as a regular tire? It seems like this can work well on smooth surfaces, but what about rough surfaces?

[Mochok85]

Actually it's based on spiral movements thats been used for manny years, on huge machines designed to move in big snow! But they can't go sideways so this is better from that point I guess!

[djaytco]

nice idea using "45 degrees wheels"...

i dont know how to call this kind of wheels.

[VTVStudios]

Wonder if the Military could find a use for this?

[Blargsix]

requires a very smooth surface

[Hudush]

very good job!

[cRoDiNoOo]

wtf incredible!

[Mast3rchief]

wow.. nice wheels

[2243347]

WHOS GOD HIS GOD?

[ZendleDotCom]

wow thts amazing

[labassapadana]

wow the best bilding!!!

[KermitBud]

haha I like it!

[9869869]

how much is it?

[peterandrewpatrickjo]

if it went faster, they could acually make a new mini scate board/scooter for disabled kids!!Very smart

[manspider189]

Imagine if that was in Automobiles, Parallel parking would be a breeze.

[1888junkteam]

for some reason it looks like its slipping on ice

[nikg83]

Is the strafing-sideways movement as fast as the forward-reverse movement? This would be great for disabled people.

[russcarljohnson]

or lazy abled people

[colin340]

the a high school robotic team that has a wheel chair with mech wheels like that

[Radioactivefantasy]

i saw that on daily planet

[turuanu]

I don't understand how those wheels can move sideways by spinning the same way as they do when they move back and forth.

Oh, I see, maybe by having the wheels on one side spinning toward each other and the ones on the other side in the other sense?

[InfernoX14]

That is correct.

Having the wheels on the right side spinning towards each other and having the wheels on the left side spinning away from each other will let the platform strafe to the right.

[inwinethereistruth]

The sad part is it's not new techology...there is a company called Airtrax that developed this. they have been using this technology for at least 5 years....innovative my ass.

[A2GVB]

who said it was new tech!

[hinekde]

Where's the innovation? This kind of weels it known in robotic for ages ...

[sinistermoon]

That is so cool!  I really really need to make something like that one day! Show us how to build one of those!

[laurabenavidez]

That would really help me in carrying clay pieces to and form the car. Very nice.

[HerkMeck]

It is not 'awesome' its a total let down by this company...What does it do? What can it do? What benifit does it give man?

[korczu]

it can do everything u need it for, carrying some big things for u with very good maneuverability in places where forklift is too big, and it is just a beggining to vechicles whic will be able to move in every direction, for whcich proboably anyone with good imagination can find tousands of uses

[Driven000009]

I think as the company has shown before, they just like to make something crazy that very few people actually use. They don't care about money, they're just in it for a laugh...

[morgushong]

they dont care about money? are you high?

[greendazed86]

WHO LET YOU ON YOUTUBE DEBBIE DOWNER?

[NerdHelpDesk]

that is freaking awesome

[saotome22]

that is awesome. car version of this please!

[plastique2000]

Excelent originality !!!!

[helivestubes]

Some people know what theyre doing!

[whopassedthegas]

Those are some funky wheels... xD

[jmurockstar]

that. is. awesome!

[ACWraith]

Gotta like a robot that parallel parks.

[Durken316]

kool

[radiomashedpotatos]

it could parrellel park itself

[ronhite]

awesome! Cool!

[Penguinacid]

that would be great help to disabled people in wheelchairs =)

[manicania]

um...wheelchairs!

[Penguinacid]

yeah, but this could possibly cost less? and it is way more efficient, versatile, portable, and storable than a wheelchair, i think it goes faster than a motorized wheelchair too

[pyr666]

not when you add the easy chair it won't. this is also working in a nice clean environment away from rocks and concrete and the crap most wheels put up with.

[fred101215]

that would be so much fun! lolz

[JXintheZ]

Cool!

[SolarGranulation]

That's quite remarkable, something of a revelation.

[TitaniumProductionsX]

how does it go sideways?

[traceur9]

I think those "wheels" changed angles, while each side spinned in opposite directions, but it was hard to tell... just a guess.

[DiscussToUnderstand]

the way the wheels spin

they spin towards the center in the "front" and outwar in the "rear"(in reality left and right sides). The way the the wheels are designed it pulls the vehicle sideways.

[seg9585]

These are used in FIRST robotics all the time --each wheel has its own independent drive, and when the front wheel spins forward and the rear wheel (on the same side) spins in reverse, it will go one direction. And opposite for the other.

[weker1]

They reinvented the well?!?

awesome!

[patio87]

wheel.

[weker1]

OH yeah!, I am good at that typo thing!

Thanks!

well, WTF is wrong with me...

[dgurr]

there called mecanum wheels

[Contw2]

oh i alwals thought that they were omni wheels... but watev

[ActionBang]

this is freaken asom!!

[TDAWizard]

Yay, mecanum drive ^_^

[Jonnyb95]

cool im first one to cmnt and this is cool too