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Locomotion

Tweel : The Airless Tire

Tweel : The Airless Tire

Michelin, the world’s largest tire maker, is developing an airless tire named Tweel (a combination of a tire and a wheel). Invented at Michelin’s North American research center in Greenville, S.C, this revolutionary non-pneumatic tire solves the common problem of ...

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The Real Transformer

The Real Transformer

Scientists from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan have developed modular robot, capable of changing its 3D structure and its motions as a function of its environment. The ...

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