Roller-Walker (skating) robot
[Max T] sent in this interesting robot design. I dig the combo motion design. The legs can walk, or the wheels flip out time machine style to roll the robot around. Rather than power the wheels, the...
View ArticleWheels and weed whackers
Perhaps you’ve seen this image before: a young kid tooling around on a pair of inline skates, pushed forward by a weed whacker cycle. While the instructions for this device would seem fairly obvious...
View ArticleWear a helmet, rollerblades with attitude
Wireless controller, more powerful custom-made motors, stronger frame, and with a name like DeathBlades, we can’t think of a single reason why you would prefer heel treads, well everyone was young at...
View ArticleKnow Your Speed on Rollerblades
[Anurag] is a computer engineering student with a knack for rollerblading. Rollerblades are not a transportation device that are often fitted with speedometers, so [Anurag] took that more as a...
View ArticlePowered Skateboards are Passe; Skelecs the New Hotness
[Harris] has an interesting answer to the inevitable question about what he did on his summer vacation: he built a pair of electric roller blades. [Harris] is an Electrical Engineering student at the...
View ArticleMotorized Inline Skates Run On Makita Power
Inline skates can be fun, but like most wheeled contraptions, they’re even better when motorized. With just such a goal in mind, [The Real Life Guys] decided to whip up a set of powered skates, running...
View ArticleGenerate Positivity with Machine Learning
Gesture recognition and machine learning are getting a lot of air time these days, as people understand them more and begin to develop methods to implement them on many different platforms. Of course...
View ArticleTank Boots Are A Dangerous Way To Get Around Town
Rollerskates are all well and good, but they’re even more fun when they’re powered. Then again, why stick with wheels, when you can have the off-road benefits of tracked propulsion? That’s precisely...
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