Wheels to Whegs

erco

Wheels transform into whegs! Pretty cool robot:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/robots-magic-wheels-transform-into-legs

jump to 40 seconds

Note some great mixed mode gaits starting at 1:45. Lots of potential!

Publison

I love the wheel to leg transition.

JRoark

As I watched this thing crawling up the stairs in leg mode, I couldnt help but think that must have been what I looked like at 5 AM on Monday mornings back in my mis-spent youth’s “party days”.

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

Going forward under leg mode certainly requires commitment. While backing up, one of those "legs" could get hooked under a tree root.

-Phil

erco

@"Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)" said:
Going forward under leg mode certainly requires commitment. While backing up, one of those "legs" could get hooked under a tree root.

-Phil

Very true. Go big or go home!

I forget which race car designer it was who balked at the requirement for a rear view mirror. "What is behind me, I do not care about."

Publison

Gumball Rally1976
"The first rule of Italian driving. What's-a-behind me, does not-a-matter."
I first thought I saw it "Ford vs Ferrari"

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

I forget which race car designer it was who balked at the requirement for a rear view mirror. "What is behind me, I do not care about."

It's also a quote from The Gumball Rally movie:

https://www.quotes.net/mquote/1094942

-Phil

erco

No Whegs on Astro!

https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/28/22697244/amazon-astro-home-robot-hands-on-features-price

erco