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This car that drives on walls using a vacuum is a very cool concept. By using a internal vacuum pump this car can stick the a wall or ceiling and still have enough slippage that the wheels can drive it around. I am sure the designers had to work on the optimal level of vacuum for a long time. Too much and it would not move with the wheels and too little would have it falling off with even the slightest variation in the wall. I have not seen a DIY version of this product but I can imagine some very fun things that could be done including floor to wall to ceiling transitions. This could be achieved by having multiple vacuum and drive faces on a cube like object. If you like cool RC cars don’t forget the Hydrogen Fuel Cell RC Car that we featured in the past. Via: TechEBlog and Akihabara News
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November 8th, 2008
Robotic Sumo Wrestling Contests have been using vacuum for years to get better traction; the best ones come from Japan. See…
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/28/MN236961.DTL
November 8th, 2008
Thanks for the link! I didn’t realize this was in use already in other areas.
November 9th, 2008
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December 1st, 2008
It will be better if the car create less noise and a built in camera in it.
So that we can use the car as a spy gadget.