Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Omnidirectional wheels ...

The front wheel and fork that extends out Easy Rider -style is from a self-balancing robot he built a couple of months ago. This features a larger wheel shape that can go forward and back, while ...

Parallel parking is the worst. It is a challenge for both experienced drivers on the road and newbies in Driver’s Ed. But Canadian inventor William Liddiard has come to the rescue with omnidirectional ...

Here’s a 3D printed Hemispherical Omnidirectional Gimballed Drive system which you can make at home. That’s a mouthful which is why it is commonly referred to as a HOG drive. Never heard of one? Well ...

Omnidirectional wheels are one of the hardy perennials of the world of invention. There seems to be something about the prospect of effortless parallel parking that sets the creative juices of ...

When it comes to transportation, we have always stuck to one direction, forward. In the movies and dreams of the future, the human race goes beyond this and creates vehicles which can go forward, back ...

Omnidirectional wheels are nothing new, but even if it’s been around for ages, people are still wondering if it’s practical to use at all. William Liddiard, a Canadian inventor, recently came up with ...

What if cars could turn on the spot, just like tanks? Wouldn't that be cool? And what if they could take things even further and move sideways? Well, that would certainly leave the Internet barren of ...

Mobility in automation is much more flexible in terms of multiple uses within the same facility. Advances in omnidirectional wheel technology and software give automated mobile platforms more freedom ...

For those who aren’t parallel parking pros, the omnidirectional wheels from inventor William Liddiard are a dream come true. Watch the video above to see the car tires Liddiard developed that let the ...

(MENAFN- Nxtgen Reports) The Omni-directional Wheel market is expected to grow from USD X.X million in 2020 to USD X.X million by 2026, at a CAGR of X.X% during the forecast period. The global ...

An innovator has built a self-balancing one-wheeled robot. Developed using 3D-printed components, the latest innovation can stand still. YouTuber James Bruton built the robot using 3D-printed ...