Omni Wheels

I found a great website that walks in detail about omni wheels and it confirms what I already knew, using 3 wheels isn’t such a great idea…  

Omni tracks

Well, there is nothing new under the sun, no amazing patent for me :p This is from some robot hacker group but they have no further information other than this picture. I also found this : It’s a Japanese design for a omni directional tracked vehicle that can...

Flying

Yes, thats a Dyson Air Multiplier in front… No one would buy a motion simulator that could only do this, but if it’s really easy to add…..

Did someone say modular? Adaptable?

I saw an amazing video of the new Unreal 4.4 hang glider demo and realised it would be so easy to be able to use the Feel Three to really experience it. It’s only a plank of wood attached to the half sphere, use a controller underneath if you’re lazy or...

Less talk, more torque

Over on the Star Citizen website I’m experiencing some feedback and not all of it good. Apparently it is quite impossible to do what I want to do without hydraulics, industrial servos or $3k linear actuators… it just cannot be done. Over at x-sim.de, where...

Laser quote!

Well, that was easier! 20 hours to get a quote on cutting up my panels, pretty good. As for the prices, well I’d like to pay less but it’s not outrageous. I could fit both the panels and laser cutting on one credit card… not that that’s the...