Auto makers have reached a challenging phase of development in the push toward self-driving technology: how exactly to pass control back and forth between driver and machine.

This is an omni-directional wheel, but the little wheels around its circumference are powered so it can also move sideways. How well will a robot using this wheel be able to balance?

I built a wheel which can move in two directions. This is an omni-directional wheel, but the little wheels around its circumference are powered so it can also move sideways. How well will a robot ...

The robot uses a single motor to drive its hemispherical omnidirectional gimbaled wheel, propelling it across the floor at amazing speeds with uncanny agility.

Robot cars: Not just for Silicon Valley.Nissan’s head of autonomous vehicle research, Maarten Sierhuis, said the question of who takes the wheel, and when, will be determined by circumstance. On ...

For the budding roboticist, omniwheels might be the next step in design patterns from your everyday “getting-started” robot kits. These wheels consist of tiny rollers that sit on the pe… ...