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 ...

Delta robots enabled manufacturers to achieve much higher productivity rates than ever before, due to their increased speed and throughput. CHICAGO—The two engineers who created the delta robot are ...

W1 is a four-legged robot with powered wheels on the ends of its legs. It can use these wheels to travel fast and easily on smooth surfaces like roads, sidewalks or floors. It can also use its ...

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Just ask anyone who’s ever encountered a pesky web blocking a filter, tube, vent line or some other critical artery. With their spindly arms and extremely fast motion, delta robots resemble spiders.

The Deebot X1 Omni's docking station takes up a lot of room, but it looks super modern. Credit: Leah Stodart / Mashable The most expensive robot vacuum ... Despite its large wheels, the X1 Omni ...

An Omnidirectional mobile robot with Mecanum wheels capable of navigating pre-mapped industrial workspaces with high precision while carrying a load.

After previously being unveiled earlier this month the Delta X open source delta robot kit has now launched via Kickstarter offering open source hardware, firmware and software for the community.

As a side note: most omni wheels we see (such as the ones on these robots) are of the Mecanum design but there are other designs out there you may not have heard of, such as the Liddiard ...

The robot was built for less than $100 with the most expensive item consisting of the omni-wheels and couplings. Its creator explains a little more about its functionality and construction.