BALTIMORE — Engineers at Johns Hopkins University have implemented a spherical motor that can roll in any direction, rather than rotate on a single axis as conventional motors do. Spherical motors ...

Imagine a computer mouse that can push back against a user's fingers to simulate braille dots. Or a robotic arm for fine-tuning circuit boards on orbiting satellites with greater accuracy than any ...

Spherical motors and actuators represent a versatile class of devices offering rotational motion in three dimensions. Their unique geometrical configuration enables multi‐degree-of-freedom (DOF) ...

Engineers at Johns Hopkins have invented a globe-shaped motor that is capable of rotating in any direction. The device, which uses electromagnets controlled by a computer, could give robotic arms ...

TAIPEI, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tensor Tech developed groundbreaking spherical motor technology that will help more commercial players enter the space industry. Based in Taiwan, Tensor Tech ...

Science Progress (1933-), Vol. 103, No. 1 (2020), pp. 1-36 (36 pages) This article proposes a conceptual model of a new type permanent magnet 3-degree-offreedom motor. Its structure consists of an ...

Professor Ralph Hollis invented a robot with a special motor that has a very simple drive system about a decade ago called the ballbot. Fast-forward ten years and Hollis' invention called the ...

Researchers have developed a spherical motor that may let robots loosen up. Unlike a conventional motor, which turns on an axis, the new device can rotate in any direction. As such, the globe-shaped ...

All tires are round, right? Yes, but only when viewed from the side. From straight ahead or above they're kind of rectangular, which is why they only roll in two directions. How limiting! Wouldn't ...