Airtrax Omni Directional Drive

[mdperrett]

wacky waving arm flailing tube men, wacky waving arm flailing tube men, wacky waving arm flailing tube men...

[Devin8912]

y did u knot just use balls as a tier and put a moto on each ball to do the same thing

[filix92]

They are just mechanum wheels, they didn't invented them. Check them on the wiki.

[KingSlimjeezy]

@filix92 well duh. but the did put the work in to building something using them thats comercially viable

[SidedriverDotCom]

Wheel re-invented? Sort of. Check out the sidedriver wheel. Much broader use. higher speeds/loads and applications in general. no need to redesign the vehicle from ground up. Bolt-on application. SideDriverDotCom

[theboarman]

you need a motor for each wheel this is stupid, thats why you dont see them in cars

[SuperUnic0rn]

@Milkmanbag

You're retarded.

[varer]

0:38 full speed .. oh noes .... i can't watch

[michaeldublg]

WHO'S the weirdo who voted thumbs sown on this LOL ... they probably voted for obama !!! LOL...

[CTR19]

nice

[richymss2]

Es una estupides!! Porque no levitar? o usar la fisica levita?

[mvadinan540]

I am impressed

[DocWolph]

This looks absolutely awesome. Now to put in on something like a truck. Granted the wheels are independently powered or close to it.. and the rollers could use so tread for any thing other than working in a warehouse of carrier deck.

This and the Non-pneumatic tire are going to make motoring so much more interesting in coming years.

[DeimosSaturn]

They reinvented the fucking wheel. Kudos.

[cr656565]

@DeimosSaturn No. Look up FIRST robotics. High Schoolers reinvented the wheel

[PolishGuy89]

@cr656565, No, Bengt Ilon invented the the "Mecanum wheel" in 1973, 12 years before the FRC was founded...

[rillip3]

It's a shame it doesn't have broader applications. This would never be feasible in a higher-speed environment. There is too little traction to ensure you can actually stop in a timely manner with the sliding motion used. Great for forklifts, lousy for everything else.

[TyrantTG002]

AND Robot Combat! Don't forget the Robot Combat.

[karlstockbridge1991]

Not only that, at high speeds u will find urself sliding to one side

[rob28278]

This video takes me back to My Civics-Economics class.. With somthing like that warehouse orintated problems would be less =(Chain)= faster storage of items=get items out faster=better delivery of items.... UPS needs this.

[revtune]

Even with it being a niche market, the use for this could be far spread. I drive a fork lift regularly and this system would make operating in a warehouse effortless. I believe the Navy uses these on aircraft carriers to operate in the confines of the below deck hangars.

[SatansSpatula]

@0:31

"Even at a very tight turning radii." What? I think they were trying to sound smart and ended up sounding stupid. Radius is singular, radii is plural.

[IceBox3]

@SatansSpatula well, because this is meant generally and not just for this shown case, radii is correct.

You fail my friend.

[SatansSpatula]

@IceBox3 uh. Read that again. "Even at *A* very tight turning radii". Had they said, "even at very tight turning radii," then your point would be valid. As it is, it's grammatically incorrect. So, um, un-fail.

[NoPegs]

The first thing that occurred to me is, all 4 wheels *have* to be driven with this system. So you can't make a vehicle "2wd" to save money, you gotta put drive motors on all 4. Its a niche market product.

[cyborgtroy]

And since you have to change the directions of the wheels, it pretty much has to be 4 independent electric motors.

[shadowbaby]

yes you do have to power all 4 wheels independently but you don't need the wheels to turn left and right to steer

[frac]

Excellent point. Also, electric motors and controllers are getting cheaper all the time. Sure it's a niche market, but so's the helicopter.

[agile52]

and the helicopter is amazing

[BTPossum]

Looks way to expensive to be worthwhile.

[mrmaster245]

why would you want to climd stairs with a forklift

[truespiritshaz]

what are you stupid or something? you might need to carry something upstairs. thats why, analwipe.

[Aelitache]

Nice ! oO

[deathadder32]

novel concept...

[unnamednewbie13]

I want one for my warehouse.

[Main267]

A 2" rise?

Woo boy!

That's a huge raise in elevation..

[goodgreenbandit]

it is for a 7 ton forklift, maybe....yeah

[thelondongeezer]

would stop a Shitload of accidents

[blackheartrhythm]

that would be kwel for parralel parking

[ItsTheE30guy]

Stair climbing. LOL

[TDAWizard]

Mecanum drive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!