Three words: Ball. Drive. Motorcycle.

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19-09-2012, 23:24

Billfred

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Three words: Ball. Drive. Motorcycle.

One of the more famous one-off drive systems was 45's ball drive robot of 2003...well, a group of engineering students has one-upped it with a ball-drive, self-balancing motorcycle:

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/19/s...eering-studen/

How long until we see one of those on the streets?

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