EDWARD - Electric Diwheel With Active Rotation Damping

This project by students in the School of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Adelaide involved the construction of a human operated diwheel called EDWARD. Many diwheels in the past have been human powered or powered by IC engines. This one is purely electric. It has additional functionality lacking in other models, including inbuilt dynamic lateral stability and slosh control to prevent "gerbiling" or tumbling in aggressive braking or acceleration maneuvers. The diwheel also incorporates a unique feature that allows the rider to drive the vehicle when "upside down" - keeping the vehicle in its unstable state.

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1. blackd 285 days ago

Not so nice if you get seasick :)

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2. kartiksura 285 days ago

Its so much like Mr Garrisson`s vehicle from south park :D
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/153051/flexi-grips

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3. burnerboy 285 days ago

i'd love to have a go on that.

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4. therob42 285 days ago

Needs to come with optional barf bag.

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5. zerorain 285 days ago

im getting sick just watching him :S :S :S :S

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6. c0mmanderKeen 285 days ago

Please let me drive that thing through the city :)

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7. irishgek 285 days ago

Well sure, its electric , and its like anything with batteries 30mins of fun 14hours of recharging.

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8. Sizzlik (admin) 285 days ago

#7 So you use your devices also 1 hour and need to recharge it X-time the time you used it? Anyways..you know the difference between prototyping/Ideas/experiments on a school till its a final product? Read the description..its a project by students.
This thing is more like a proof of concept for a software, than for the vehicle you see there. What did you made in school my friend? I dont think you could make a balancing software for it and build a vehicle to test it :)

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9. akeem 285 days ago

The revolution of transport is near. In a few years from now I see all of us going heads down, back first at 40 km/h through our towns.
Should be called "DIEwheels".

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10. dbomber69 285 days ago

Aren't we enough like rats in a cage? Now we have the hamster wheel to run on like mindless rats!

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11. sux2bu 285 days ago

Why do they have to keep reinventing the wheel? I am sure that some good will come from all the research,but this is one useless toy.

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12. banzemanga 285 days ago

It is good for those who want a anywhere, anytime, portable roller coaster.