For the budding roboticist, omniwheels might be the next step in design patterns from your everyday “getting-started” robot kits. These wheels consist of tiny rollers that sit on the perimeter of the ...

Here’s one case when claiming somebody is reinventing the wheel actually applies. Sure, it’s not some odd technology or a different type of material that makes it special, it’s just a different ...

Mecanum wheels are popular choices for everything from robots to baggage handling equipment in airports. Depending on their direction of rotation, they can generate forces in any planar direction, ...