OmBURo: A Novel Unicycle Robot with Active Omnidirectional Wheel

Junjie Shen,Dennis Hong,Junjie Shen,Dennis Hong

A mobility mechanism for robots to be used in tight spaces shared with people requires it to have a small footprint, to move omnidirectionally, as well as to be highly maneuverable. However, currently there exist few such mobility mechanisms that satisfy all these conditions well. Here we introduce Omnidirectional Balancing Unicycle Robot (OmBURo), a novel unicycle robot with active omnidirectiona...