Roomba relocators

[Kaido]

Skynet is coming to tow your car!

https://youtu.be/QXSJ7dprzf4?t=184

Looks like they're using Airtrax wheels, they used to have neato forklifts:

http://www.airtrax.com/

Pretty dope:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAiwLRGsNrE

Looks like Vetex is the parent company:

http://vetexinc.com/

 

[Pulsar]

They're called mecanum wheels.

 

[LTC8K6]

Saw them on Mythbusters a long time ago.

 

[Kaido]

They're called mecanum wheels.

THAT'S the word I was looking for! :thumbsup:

 

[DaTT]

Huh, so someone did re-invent the wheel.

 

[DrPizza]

Video 1: Autonomous vehicle emergency recovery tool. (Avert) - I hope if there's an emergency, it's on a really nice smooth floor. 😛

Video 3: wow, cool! It would be even cooler to devise a recreational/road type of vehicle. Racing in one would allow a tremendous variety of race tracks.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Video 1: Autonomous vehicle emergency recovery tool. (Avert) - I hope if there's an emergency, it's on a really nice smooth floor. 😛

I totally agree. It's easier to mop blood off a smooth floor.

 

[mikeford]

Smooth floor and a cheap set of Harbor Freight wheel jacks work fine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxOQumwACdY

I've got a packed garage and two cars with LONG doors that need a good 3 ft to open wide enough to get in and out easily. 3 ft I don't have, so I want something to move the car safely in and out of the garage, but my garage immediately slopes down to the driveway, so it has to be something with some real power.