Eccentric Crank Rover: simple and high performance vehicle on rough terrain

We developed a novel crank wheel mechanism which has both high mobility on rough terrain and energy efficiency, with simple structure.
Our lab's URL is here (Japanese):
www-robot.mes.titech.ac.jp/
Paper:
Hirotaka Komura, Gen Endo, and Koichi Suzumori, "Eccentric Crank Rover: A Novel Crank Wheel Mechanism with Eccentric Wheels", IROS2016, TuBT1.2, Oct, 2016.
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[@canidaeSynapse]

that's pretty neat! Love that the center of gravity doesn't shift around as it moves!

[@MridulGandhi]

Awesome video, but you could have also shown how it comes down from an obstacle after climbing it.

[@qeter129]

one small step for robotics one giant leap for mobile weapon platforms.

[@tekno_boy]

HELLYEAH!