I have long known what an "OmniWheel" is, having seen them on toys years ago. An OmniWheel is a wheel and tire assembly designed in such a way as to be able to travel in any direction without stopping or changing the orientation of the wheel.
I was watching a TV show this evening called "Prototype This" in which a team of engineers attemps to build prototypes of far fetched ideas, such as Virtual Reality controlled 12 foot tall "Rock-em Sock-em Robots", and cars that can lift themselves into the ait and drive above other cars in traffic or parallel park above other cars.
It was in the latter episode that I was introduced to the "AirTrax" Omni Directional Wheel. The team goes to AirTrax and is given a demonstration of AirTrax's "SIDEWINDER ATX-3000" lift truck.
The SIDEWINDER ATX-3000 Lift Truck (fork lift) is currently the only Omni-Directional Lift truck commercially available worldwide. Click on the image to read more about the ATX-3000 Lift Truck.
Some other resources:
http://www.airtrax.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f_x0RgVzfc
I might also suggest looking up WowWee's "Rovio," the mobile webcam.
2 comments:
This forklift is very exciting and will benefit many workers!
http://sidewinderforklift.blogspot.com/
Thank You very much for your comment Anonymous!!
I see that you have your own blog for the sidewinder! There isn't anything there yet but I look forward to seeing what you do with it!
I hope you include AirTrax's other vehicles as well! It's safe to say that AirTrax has a real chance to change the forklift for good!!!!
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