The German master literally in his garage assembled a new segway, a device for getting around the city. It turned out more than curious. The secret and the main innovation is that the novelty does not use wheels, at least in the usual way.
In the past few years, segways, or self-balancing vehicles, have gained unprecedented popularity. They still have not captured the streets of cities in any of the corners of the world, but they continue to strenuously claim the title of the new main street transport, pushing the good old legs in this area. So far, segways have not succeeded, but this does not in the least prevent designers and engineers from inventing more and more new devices.
We must admit that many of them are quite successful and interesting. One of these devices is the recently launched “Üo”. An extremely curious sample. But the novelty is fundamentally different from most of these scooters, if only by the fact that there are no wheels in it, instead of them one single (how crazy it doesn't sound) ball is used.
The vehicle concept was developed by German practical engineer Olaf Winkler. The creator explained that the device actually has three motorized wheels, but none of them touch the ground. Instead, they interact with the ball, balance the position of the segway, and accelerate and decelerate. All this became possible not without the use of tools such as the gyroscope and accelerometer. It should be understood that "Üo" independently maintains the center of gravity.
He controls the vehicle with the help of a steering wheel mounted on a pole. For most actions, the rider only needs to tilt the steering wheel slightly to the desired direction. In addition, a small joystick with several buttons, which is fixed to the steering wheel, is used for control. The pilot is standing on comfortable footsteps. The maximum transport speed reaches 12 km / h. The project is funded through crowdfunding.
Continuing the theme, one more "Smart" hoverboard, which is controlled by the knees and develops a monstrous speed.