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Omni Crawler re-invents the wheel, can move forwards, sideways, squareways
We’ve been using the wheel just fine for thousands of years and now Japan goes and re-invents the wheel with the Omni Crawler, a wheel/tread thing that can move backwards and forwards as well as sideways with ease.
We can look at the Omni-Ball as an improved version of the swivel caster (the wheels that are usually attached to the bottom of shopping carts and office chairs). Compared to casters, which have multiple parts, the Omni-Ball is much simpler. It’s made up of two matching hemispheres attached to either side of an axle. The hemispheres can move independently or together as a sphere. Attach the Omni-Ball to a vehicle and you get the Omni-Crawler.
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