Oh nothing, just designing ROBOTS!
Could there be a better reminder that I live in Japan than having someone bring to class the robot they designed and built themselves?
No, I think not.
It's a simple gizmo he built mainly for teaching purposes, to show students how to design simple mechanical processes and whatnot. Still, it's pretty freaking cool. It moves on what Kenzo called omniwheels, which is basically a wheel with 14 mini-wheels spanning its circumference. It can move forward, backward, and turn without changing the angle of the wheel with respect to its axis.
Can somebody say "sa-weeeet!"
Only a hop, skip, and a jump away now, boys!
We've now witnessed true Japanese innovation. I agree, AMAZING.
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