Magic wheel 'magic' adapted to all land terrain

Korean scientists have successfully invented the 'magic robot' wheel, quickly changing the wheel size, making the robot easy to navigate in all land terrain.

To climb over larger obstacles, the robot wheel automatically resizes its radius, rapidly creating larger wheels, with a maximum radius of up to 12cm.

The 'magic' robot wheel can automatically change the radius size quickly, swell or zoom to fit any terrestrial type - (Photo: Daily Mail)

At the same time, it can shrink the radius to a maximum of about 5.5 cm, helping the wheel grip the small obstacles below, avoiding loss of balance when moving.

Each wheel is equipped with a single actuator and a sensor, which makes it easy for the robot to recognize the change of terrain, creating a dynamic robot.

The research was done by scientists from Seoul National University (Korea) in collaboration with Harvard University's Microrobotics Laboratory. Products inspired by art of folding paper to create 3D shapes wheel full of 'magic', so it is called Origami wheel.

"The vast majority of previous robots have wheel sizes and fixed gears that can only move quickly or create strong forces and are unsuitable for movement in all land terrains," the scientists said . However, with the 'magic robot' wheel, robots can simultaneously respond to these two factors, especially those that can automatically convert to adapt to terrestrial terrain. "

Based on this success, scientists continue to study robotic wheels that can automatically fold or inflated by itself.