Are Ball Shaped Wheels Practical?

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A few years ago, Goodyear produced a concept for a tyre, which was a ball. But are ball shaped wheels practical, and can we make a vehicle or robot with ball shapes omni-wheels? I found a video about research carried out at Osaka University, where an omni-ball wheel is made in two halves and seems to work well. But is there more to it?
I made my own prototype with 3D printing, in both rigid PLA and TPU. Each hemisphere rotates around a smaller wheel which is oriented with the main drive axle.
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@jamesbruton 3 жыл бұрын

How well will the robot drive when we motorise the ball wheels? Patrons and KZfaq Channel Members have part 2 already which is next week's video!

@gw8868 3 жыл бұрын

You could just put another ball in the ends with nothing there instead of a wheel. That way it could roll in any direction!

@heimskr2881 3 жыл бұрын

Give the ball free will. That way it can rotate in any direction it wants!

@darknova2467 3 жыл бұрын

How was this posted 4 days ago when the video was posted an hour ago? Time travler?

@gw8868 3 жыл бұрын

@@darknova2467 When you're a member, you can see videos early if the video poster chooses to upload the video for members to see first.

@coderentity2079 3 жыл бұрын

Circumvent driving on the littlewheel in software, and then you don't need that complexity. Embed a small magnet instead at the end of the axle, and you can sense it on top when it aprroaches, and then change the rotation of the robot. No disadvantage for a mapping application.

@timderks5960 3 жыл бұрын

I'm always amazed at how you make a "That would be nice, but there's so many issues"-idea into a "Holy crap it actually works"-concept.

@jamesbruton 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, more next week!

@zapdrbbearbot123 3 жыл бұрын

I think every "there's so many issues ideas" is always worth looking at. and every time those issues can be fixed it is sooo satisfying to witness.

@norrecvizharan1177 3 жыл бұрын

@@zapdrbbearbot123 Especially since it's what other modern things started out with as well (cars, house electrical systems, etc etc). Just took us plenty of time to turn something from "it's not great, but it works" to "it's workin pretty dang well", though I'd imagine it'd take many less decades by comparison considering how much more proficient our tech and computers are nowadays.

@pedrolmlkzk 3 жыл бұрын

@@zapdrbbearbot123 the problem is that even if you fix the issues you actually gain nothing from doing it and you get a working but useless thing

@ninnikins4768 3 жыл бұрын

@@pedrolmlkzk what no where did you get that from

@praticle 3 жыл бұрын

Would that frame be strong enough to support you? Would look incredible as the base of a chair!

@delphicdescant 3 жыл бұрын

An office chair was my first thought too lol.

@someguy9175 3 жыл бұрын

i think the 4 bearings at the bottom would break the yellow pole if you tried to sit on it

@lio1234234 3 жыл бұрын

@@someguy9175 he said they were skateboard bearings. I doubt those would break first. Probably the plastic first since the geometry likely isn't strong enough to hold his weight in PLA

@someguy9175 3 жыл бұрын

@@lio1234234 that was what i was saying lol, but thanks for putting it better.

@knaspast6230 3 жыл бұрын

@@lio1234234 Nah, he said they press fit into place kinda lika skateboard bearings. The bearings he's using are way too big to be skateboard bearings.

@Dillbeet 3 жыл бұрын

The superglue necking over the bearings is oddly stressful

@thechumpsbeendumped.7797 3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad I’m not the only one that thought that. 👀

@Violianom 3 жыл бұрын

And he did it twice. I was at the edge of my seat

@iordacheemanuel8965 3 жыл бұрын

@@Violianom no 6 a least for all his bals

@erikdeeNOSPELLSNO 2 жыл бұрын

I wanted to say, "GIVE me that glue gun!!!". Then, after thinking about it, I realized that if this kid can design and actually build something like this, then he would surely know his way around a glue gun. It must have been humor.

@WwZa7 3 жыл бұрын

The first idea actually appeared in "I Robot" movie, they than took it and actually developed a concept wheel system out of it.

@JamesR5D4 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the cars in I Robot were cool 👍🏽

@rc3d490 3 жыл бұрын

wrong, the concept have more time. the all the sci fi movies use a scientific consultant.

@WwZa7 3 жыл бұрын

@@rc3d490 never heard of this concept before I Robot, you have any sources to like first concepts of ball wheels in cars?

@midgetman4206 3 жыл бұрын

@@rc3d490 They might not have created the concept but they sure did popularize it

@rc3d490 3 жыл бұрын

@@midgetman4206 it's true, that is the work of scientific consultants, to make science fiction movies more credible, many people just get carried away by the illusion of the movie, and take it as "prediction"

@topsecret1837 3 жыл бұрын

The three balls on that frame would look really cool if it were to be used as an office chair! Also would be more convenient since wheels on office chairs tend to bind.

@SmallSpoonBrigade 3 жыл бұрын

Office chairs tend to have 5 wheels because it makes it less likely that the chair can be leaned opposite one of the wheels and as a result is less easily tipped over. Yes, it binds a bit more than with fewer wheels, but it's significantly safer.

@kinspower 3 жыл бұрын

@@SmallSpoonBrigade I doubt they would stick to 3 wheels, 5 points of contact is a minimum for office chairs. I'm just worried about already inflated price

@Anon_jonn 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite sci-fi concepts is finally coming to life!

@isaiahdaniels5643 3 жыл бұрын

The worry that I hold is, when all of this technology is developed into mass market platforms manual driving would likely become illegal. Strafing is impractical to a forward facing pilot in a crowded situation. Unless, that is, the pilot wasn't human and could consider multiple directions at once. If these sideways maneuvers are available human error would skyrocket unless every vehicle, not just the ones which strafe, are autonomous and communicating with eachother.

@isaiahdaniels5643 3 жыл бұрын

which... isn't necissarily a bad thing. I for one just prefer to be in control and at the wheel. That freedom will probably eventually disappear with legislation. Hell, I wouldn't trust the average driver with these maneuverability options.

@Anon_jonn 3 жыл бұрын

@@isaiahdaniels5643 I’ve thought of this as well. I think new training would be necessary for one. Also the ‘strafing’ could be regulated in a couple ways: only being available at extremely slow speeds mainly for parking, or being mostly inactive until the driver turns it on manually. There are other potential pros besides strafing as well like reducing slip, improving cornering, torque vectoring/traction control and nullifying other less safe maneuvers like u-turns and j-turns. I think with these things in mind and considering the current safety measures (blind spot sensors/alerts, collision prevention, cameras, etc.) we could make it work without too much danger, and still allow for human operation. I also want to be able to drive my own vehicle, but it might not work out that way. 🤞🏼

@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth 3 жыл бұрын

@@isaiahdaniels5643 | As I heard someone say: "They don't have to be perfect, they just have to be better then us." At the point where auto-cars crash less often then humans, they're viable. Still, driving your own car will probably hang on in novelty, recreation, and sport. Just like horse-riding, snow-shoeing, or hunting.

@santiagofaiella1255 3 жыл бұрын

@@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth the thing is when somebody crashes with sombeody else you can blame it on the one who crashed. But when two machines crash and a human life gets lost due to that who do you blame it on??? The programer? The company? The owner of the car? Who is responsible for something that no human got directly involved in? And if the robot made a decision that could have saved a life but instead saved another like saying i can avoid a crash in wich my owner would die and i can instead run over an old man or a baby and then the car chose to run over the old man what happens? And if instead it decided it was better for the owner to die??? What about if it instead chose the baby?

@gavinspammed 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like you build a good base for a chair.

@Hyphonetics 3 жыл бұрын

Same thing I was thinking!

@IJm3 3 жыл бұрын

Came here to say this

@joran4612 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@ActionHeinz 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, why is everybody stealing my idea? 😂

@philurbaniak1811 3 жыл бұрын

😆👍

@5in1killa 3 жыл бұрын

I want to see it as the base of a Sci Fi throne in a movie.

@fl00fydragon 3 жыл бұрын

You know what Just for you, I'll consider it.

@kaptoh04ka33 3 жыл бұрын

I remember being so excited for ball shaped wheels. Would be really cool

@michaelzajac5284 3 жыл бұрын

Too me. I suddenly remember that. I was watched at both TV and KZfaq. I dreamed love these robots.

@paulcolombel3140 3 жыл бұрын

Very excited for wheel shaped balls as well.

@MrTwink-mw8eg 3 жыл бұрын

Where's the fun and ball Wheels you can't drift with them the technology they may bring with it maybe exciting but on trucks I could see their purpose

@kaptoh04ka33 3 жыл бұрын

I know right? C'mon evolution, work goddamn it

@Artezko1 3 жыл бұрын

It can be nice for toys, but if we talking about cars can you imagine what a big problem the maintenance will be?

@bailey2829 3 жыл бұрын

I have no idea how you get so much work done consistently every week. It’s very inspiring.

@jamesbruton 3 жыл бұрын

Planning!

@williamchamberlain2263 3 жыл бұрын

Magic

@stuckonaslide 3 жыл бұрын

the two kinds of people

@tristencox5914 3 жыл бұрын

Drugs

@dollyzrz 3 жыл бұрын

Car wants to learning a new move! Car learned “Strafe!”

@x3dwany371 3 жыл бұрын

Parking would be effortless

@shubniggurath3947 3 жыл бұрын

Cops would eventually give up on the pit maneuver, when whoever they try to flip, keeps perpetually moving in the same direction no matter how much effort they put into redirection.

@DamianReloaded 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta put little hemi wheels in the holes of the hemi wheels!

@coderentity2079 3 жыл бұрын

It could be a fractal 'o balls

@caiocc12 3 жыл бұрын

It's hemi wheels all the way down

@khajiithaswares4147 3 жыл бұрын

We heard you like hemi wheels, so we put hemi wheels in your hemi wheels in your hemi wheels in your hemi wheels in your hemi wheels in your hemi wheels in your hemi wheels...

@wildcard4552 3 жыл бұрын

Put balls in the holes

@dandywaysofliving 3 жыл бұрын

@@wildcard4552 😏

@jonathanlewis6146 3 жыл бұрын

But if it did use magnetic levitation, *technically that would make it the first hover car. . .*

@vinzlaros 3 жыл бұрын

they could make roads 2 cylinder shaped things that use the same magnets or system as the balls so the car would just be placed on top

@jonathanlewis6146 3 жыл бұрын

@@vinzlaros I thought about that, in theory it could work but I don't think there is enough money I the world to buy that many magnets.

@thalassaer4137 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanlewis6146 they'll either recycle or mine,it will never be not enuff

@pauljones3017 3 жыл бұрын

So a Maglev train?

@imbb14 3 жыл бұрын

It is Crazy How James take a concept and in one video he become specialist on It.

@MuscarV2 3 жыл бұрын

Not a specialist at all, just basic knowledge. You somehow don't understand what you're saying. A specialist is someone that has been doing and/or researching a specific thing for thousands of hours. No one can become a specialist in a few days or weeks, no matter how quickly you learn.

@coderentity2079 3 жыл бұрын

@@MuscarV2 James is a DIY specialist.

@thalassaer4137 3 жыл бұрын

@@coderentity2079 thats..no.

@stardustpan 3 жыл бұрын

Oooh I love that Idea and really like how the robot seemed to move so smoothly at the end!

@jamesbruton 3 жыл бұрын

Motorised version coming next week!

@DougCooperTech 3 жыл бұрын

That is impressive! I am amazed at the complexity of the designs you are producing. Can’t wait to see the motor drive for this.

@p11_studios 3 жыл бұрын

I really love these tutorial ish engineering experimentation. Bravo James, hope to see more like this

@finnsuchara1992 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the next video, looks like a great application for a ring gear. If that was the case I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to move the carrier around and shift into a different gear for every wheel segment by simply adding stages.🤯 Your videos are so inspiring, It's kind of like that feeling when you finally understand a new manufacturing process and you're suddenly able to think about solving a problem in an entirely different way.

@nicreel-peel4743 3 жыл бұрын

I love your channel James. You inspire me to get into robotics and 3D printing. I always watch the sponsorships cause they are usually really helpful for your projects

@oisiaa 3 жыл бұрын

Has any human printed more 3d prints than James? The man must run multiple printers 24/7.

@Datdus92 3 жыл бұрын

And they aren't small prints either.

@MbanziSD 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe Ivan Miranda!

@Grejtcz 3 жыл бұрын

Průša's printing farm with a thousand printers

@StevenIngram 3 жыл бұрын

@@MbanziSD I'd say James has more completed prints, while Ivan has printed a greater volume of plastic. :D

@ArnaudMEURET 3 жыл бұрын

@@StevenIngram The volume of plastic wasted on Miranda’s channel has reached a indigestible level and is the main reason I stopped watching him... 😔

@Tsukasa1929 3 жыл бұрын

So the car in "i robot" movie would be a reality, pretty cool video

@madmax2069 3 жыл бұрын

I was pretty much going to say the same thing. Those cars in that movie seemed to be using the mag lev setup, or at least very close to it.

@connor9801 3 жыл бұрын

Love it when I open KZfaq and I’m early to a vid

@dystopian_20 3 жыл бұрын

8:54 that would make a badass rolling desk chair

@amaury35 3 жыл бұрын

Looks really nice! I noticed that when you get closer to the perpendicular axis, the hemispheres speed up rather quickly. So speed control may be an issue in a full robot? Is this smth you will talk about in the next video?

@pvic6959 3 жыл бұрын

2:35 "yup.. its a wheeel" idk why but that was so funny

@LennyLenward 3 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate all the videos you put out. I have learned a lot from them.

@vaskolego 3 жыл бұрын

Great results! This would be a interesting/stable tripod design for a second really useful robot series!

@Crisisdarkness 3 жыл бұрын

Wow this is a great design, you are always so creative, it would be great to see this implemented in some robot

@mariuszhoscio870 3 жыл бұрын

It looks realy greate. You can add additional wheels in gap similar one that you have on sides to minimize that bumping effect and as well to gain a bit of space and make wheels more rigid.

@coderentity2079 3 жыл бұрын

A mecanum wheel track in the gap (beads at 45 degrees on a D shaped tank track) would solve it, but it's complex and looses the main advantage of this wheel design: it can go offroad. Bumps are inevitable there.

@GrahamDIY 3 жыл бұрын

Love you channel James. I never know what I’m gonna wake up to each Tuesday - and that as well as the high quality of your videos keep me hooked. Having said that, I really want you to build a robot with those wheels you showed right at the beginning from that tyre manufacturer- using magnetic levitation. You can do it James, we believe in you! 😀

@laser123451 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see the next video. This looks like it will be a very cool kiwi drive robot!

@zeekjones1 3 жыл бұрын

So far this would make a cool chair base, with motors though... a *REALY* cool chair base. Train it to automatically turn when you approach, or zip across the room when it sees you getting ready to sit in the air.

@JonathanBeri 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Have you considered replacing the small white wheel with ball casters? You wouldn't need to worry about the aligning the axis of rotation. Plus, it would limit the gap between the larger ball and ball caster.

@ananddhanesan8275 3 жыл бұрын

Omg, mahn, cant wait to see part 2 of this..

@brandonmack111 3 жыл бұрын

This is really awesome. Thanks for the really cool video!

@toblexson5020 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the GoodYear concept would work better with an attached underpiece that prevents the wheel from falling out even with the magnetic forces. And I do see the problem with braking, as there is considerably less contact between the wheels and the surface. Furthermore, although this is just speculation on my behalf, I feel that fishtailing would be a problem, as the wheels (unlike cylindrical wheels) do not favour forward movement above the other axes. (And oversteer/understeer would probably be a problem too). Overall, without being an engineer or anything, I feel like ball wheels are definitely more suited for slower vehicles, where maneuverability is more important than handling and braking is not a major concern, like utility robots

@justinberdell7517 3 жыл бұрын

I'm an engineering grad student working on rehabilitation exoskeleton arms. I'm also a very enthusiastic 3d printer. This channel has been such a huge inspiration

@99897767 3 жыл бұрын

hello very enthusiastic 3d printer, I am a 3d printer enthusiast and I am interested in very enthusiastic 3d printer

@valian8985 2 жыл бұрын

Ok now print an exossqeleton sell it to army, *profit*

@Geeksmithing 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that is super trippy! Cool concept!

@cookiegaming98 2 жыл бұрын

Stumbled onto this channel last night while rather stoned. I’ve got limited engineering experience and sometimes it sounds like your speaking a foreign language, despite that I am absolutely fascinated with your machines and I feel like I’m slowly learning things i never thought possible.

@Skyentific 3 жыл бұрын

This would make a really cool robotic platform!

@zanchesdelamancha 2 жыл бұрын

First, congrats for your video, very concise and informative, and the basis for many mechanical and robotic applications. At 5:33 and 6:58, I don't know if another commenter pointed out, but you should try a ball at the top of each hemisphere, coupled to a ring ball bearing, and a screw-on retaining ring; that would make the wheel even more smooth as the ball could freely rotate in any direction and make an even smoother profile into a complete sphere. I'll try to work in a Blender model if you find it useful for a follow up video. Again, excellent video.

@frozeneevee 3 жыл бұрын

This is honestly a pretty interesting subject, it would be cool to one day see cars with wheels like that at some point in the future.

@irdmoose 3 жыл бұрын

That omni wheel triangle looks like it would make an awesome chair base.

@jaygoswami922 3 жыл бұрын

Please make a video on CAD models, (Fusion) it would be great for us!

@_edd.ie_.o.8101 3 жыл бұрын

yeah or a 2nd channel, like James Bruton too/2, for cad designing process of the projects on the main channel

@thescienceysworkshop5368 3 жыл бұрын

trust me james . i get inspired by your video and i get so much educational stuff! im a 12 year old kid

@Eurok666 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see the motorised edition !

@jamesbruton 3 жыл бұрын

Next week!

@Garlic_Doggo 3 жыл бұрын

The retaining clip binding onto the table is actually a very good representation of reality because tires need to be not only inflated to a point of being rigid but also sticky, which the binding clip demonstrates (if only even a little)

@jeffknott3217 3 жыл бұрын

I said the other day it was a spherical ball when you shown us the image! (Disclaimer: My comment may not be 100% accurate)

@headrobotics 3 жыл бұрын

Would be interesting to put designs on high speed rc bots and check where the wear occurs.

@ascelot 2 жыл бұрын

thats where im concerned, with circular wheels, how do you maintain even wear and then grip on the entire tyre?

@grudge579 3 жыл бұрын

Cant wait to see the motorized version of these wheels!

@brendanwong24 3 жыл бұрын

James I look forward to all your videos

@zombkiin 3 жыл бұрын

I heard about this, when does the Omni-wheel start beating its son?

@somethingclever4297 3 жыл бұрын

Well have you seen it murder the guardians of the globe yet.

@sysylph. 3 жыл бұрын

how does this only have 3k views

@jamesbruton 3 жыл бұрын

It went out less than an hour ago, also the publicly viewable view count isn't up to date.

@sysylph. 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbruton ah hadn't realised it was a recent video lmao

@TheLermaJ 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely wondering how you would control this. can't wait to see more!

@jamesbruton 3 жыл бұрын

You only have to wait until Tuesday!

@coderentity2079 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbruton Or become a patreon ;)

@cannon_fodder5019 3 жыл бұрын

a ball bearing would have been a much simpler fix to put on the top of each half sphere but the way you engineered it is very amazing!

@KatieGimple 3 жыл бұрын

I can't speak for ball shaped wheels, but one of the biggest problems with omni or mecanum wheels is that you lose a lot of traction and can get pushed around easily, so if a car is going around a curve at speed, they will lose control much more easily than if they had used normal wheels.

@xeli3046 3 жыл бұрын

Finally, parallel parking made easier!

@brandonh1613 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps for a future revision, instead of having little wheels in the bottom of the assembly, have ball bearings or perhaps the balls they had in old computer mice, to allow everything to glide smoothly. Your videos are truly inspiring and I look forward to them every week, Thank you!

@nickmegert4662 3 жыл бұрын

You are the best, thanks for another great video

@vaisakhkm783 3 жыл бұрын

That movements messing with my head...😅

@arnabdas3172 3 жыл бұрын

I'm interested to know if these can be used in motorcycles too in the future...

@patprop74 3 жыл бұрын

Just a guess but I think it would not work well, if you ever rode a motorcycle, you would know at one point when you reach a certain speed you turn the opposite direction to steer, I am guessing the forces would naturally want to start pushing the bike sideways. I could be wrong mind you.

@arnabdas3172 3 жыл бұрын

@@patprop74 yes precisely, the counter steering part is what I was thinking about...the forces that make the bike inherently upright after leaning would be messed up, the ball shaped wheels is not designed for a leaning turn. I guess then every bike will have a drift like motion while cornering 😅

@patprop74 3 жыл бұрын

@@arnabdas3172 Imagine the nightmare of zooming around at 100mph, and the bike suddenly starts spinning around from front to back HAHAHA one would need one of James gyro installed in it lol

@dylandreisbach1986 3 жыл бұрын

All of these little experiments with robotics are a great way to inspire people. Like what if you created this wheel but combined with an omni wheel, and have a ball bearing or some kind of roller ball instead of a wheel at the poles of the wheel.

@axelblaze566 3 жыл бұрын

Saw this concept in I, Robot. I was so amazed.

@praticle 3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't ball-bearings work better than the small wheels?

@JohnDlugosz 3 жыл бұрын

I think that would make it difficult to motorize the wheel.

@martindinner3621 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDlugosz also, traction would be...poor.

@praticle 3 жыл бұрын

@@martindinner3621 Not really any worse than the wheels though; And you don't really need traction on that point, you just need to get off of it quickly and back to the "tread", right?

@martindinner3621 3 жыл бұрын

@@praticle you've just hit on the problem. If you don't have friction, in an unpowered system you would get stuck on the bearing.

@praticle 3 жыл бұрын

@@martindinner3621 True! What if you rubberized the ball and fixed in place? So instead of being a seperate entity to battle against it would just be another piece of the tread? I just feel like there is a better option than the wheels! 😅

@drumkommandr9779 3 жыл бұрын

A note on the intro: magnetic braking is super-effective. It's how they stop roller coasters safely.

@ZappyOh 3 жыл бұрын

Well ... it isn't effective, if electricity gets cut off, for some reason.

@Ithirahad 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZappyOh Maybe you can build such a system to 'fail closed' and magnetically brake if the power cuts out, since with a permanent magnet involved at least, magnetic braking is a thing that just happens (try dropping a magnet down a copper tube!) and doesn't require outside power input.

@jamesbruton 3 жыл бұрын

The wheels are attached to the roller coaster though

@CMElliotte 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZappyOh Then just don't turn the car off on an incline! Gosh! Design is just so much easier if customers just don't do what they're reasonably expected to do.

@drumkommandr9779 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbruton the braking force is independent of the wheels. When you pass a magnet over a non-ferrous metal, aluminum in this case, you get magnetic eddy currents which provide not only a powerful stopping force, but a self-regulating and cost-effective one as well. No parts to wear out because theres no contact being made in the braking system.

@nicholasroos3627 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for determining exactly how my next shopvac bot will glide across the floor ;)

@jaylin3321 3 жыл бұрын

I actually had this concept in my head back in middle school, too bad i didn't offer it up back then!

@gustarrezende 3 жыл бұрын

I Robot.

@ThrunRC 3 жыл бұрын

That's a great design 😁👍 very exciting 👏👏👏

@joefiegel9537 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that is so smart! Hopefully this can be a template for future omni wheels. Or even better be the one that gets commercialized!

@TCONDISCORD 2 жыл бұрын

You are reinventing the wheel dude.

@Schnurpselhasen 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work! reminds me how the softbank pepper robot moves. but softbank/aldebaran robotics tilted both half spheres a little bit to close the gap between them.

@coderentity2079 3 жыл бұрын

Can you give a link to how that works? I could'nt find it.

@Schnurpselhasen 3 жыл бұрын

@@coderentity2079 sure: asia.nikkei.com/Business/Biotechnology/Peering-inside-Pepper in my opinion one of the most practical omni drives (patented) ever made for a robot. drives really smoothly! Here is an image of the omnidirectional spherical wheel: l-w-i.net/img/snap_arduinofun_mm26_09.jpg

@coderentity2079 3 жыл бұрын

@@Schnurpselhasen The slight hemsphere tilt does makes the gap way smaller indeed, great idea! Not for offroading though. I'll look for more details on that patent.

@elPeligro 3 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant, thank you for the inspiration!!

@sannyassi73 3 жыл бұрын

You'd need some weird power delivery or some kind of crazy transmission to keep power uniform as the part the touches the ground changes. Neat idea!

@jamesbruton 3 жыл бұрын

Check out part 2, only the main axle is powered

@leewoodrough242 3 жыл бұрын

You’ve solved the problem of the crappy casters on office chairs!

@marlonlacert8133 3 жыл бұрын

Keep up the great work!

@jamcdonald120 3 жыл бұрын

3:00 you could use a captive ball bearring instead, its like a wheel that can rotate in any direction

@koktszfung 3 жыл бұрын

If you put motor in the balls, will you need to adjust the speed base on the radius of the circles contacting the ground?

@Junior-xt5bf 3 жыл бұрын

That’ll make for such a cool office chair!💡

@GunGryphon 3 жыл бұрын

Neat! I'm curious to see how a motorized version of these wheels would work.

@jamesbruton 3 жыл бұрын

Next week!

@aleximran5804 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Video Man

@tmsgaming5998 3 жыл бұрын

first video of yours i have watched you have won a sub

@PheonixAsh1983 3 жыл бұрын

Looks good well done. On a 4 wheel robot i could see an issue if you stopped on the "little wheel" amd wanted to move off at 90 degrees as in the car parking demo at the start. I guess that would have to have a little radius on the turn baked in to the controller.

@amyth9227 2 жыл бұрын

This is SICK!

@philurbaniak1811 3 жыл бұрын

Looking very sound 👍

@nicholasroos3627 3 жыл бұрын

When a concept technology provokes a deep gut laugh it may just be worth looking into XD

@cheesecake667 3 жыл бұрын

Reinventing the wheel, i love it

@tanjiro3285 3 жыл бұрын

best robotics content as always

@Oleksiy_Konovalov 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'll wait for the next video))

@bensirach3586 3 жыл бұрын

I remember having a dream about cars having ball wheels. The cool thing is that I recall there being a car shop where you can take cars with traditional wheels and modify it to have ball wheels.

@myperspective5091 3 жыл бұрын

I had been thinking about these wheels recently too. 👍🙂👍

@Xlaxsauce 3 жыл бұрын

Wonder if flextures or spring could be built in to give the wheel some suspension as I would imagine the wheels would ride rough on a road compared to the conventional tire. Can't wait to see it with motors

@AKRASNOVV 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, sir! Is there any chance you could build the original concept, a magnetically levitating ball wheel?

@willierants5880 3 жыл бұрын

It would've been cool to see it roll down an incline (without motor assist) and bounce around some sort of obstacle course to see how freely it can move around. Aside from that this is a very cool concept and I'm eager to see the next phase.

@jamesbruton 3 жыл бұрын

Motorised version (with obstacles) coming up next week