<![CDATA[Alfred's Serif Users' Forums — The Omni-wheel - basis of self balancing mechanisms.]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?id=47 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:06:43 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: The Omni-wheel - basis of self balancing mechanisms.]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=544#p544 Thanks, Jack!

]]> Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:06:43 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=544#p544 <![CDATA[The Omni-wheel - basis of self balancing mechanisms.]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=543#p543 Have a look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byUo4EagXu0

There is a device called an omni-wheel that has to be seen to believed. The author demonstrates things like unicycles, and robots balancing on one wheel. The omni-wheel is a larger wheel with several small wheels at its rim, each rotating on a peripheral axis. There is a general gyroscopic theme to the mechanics.

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