New DARPA Tires (from those crazy robot guys)

[woodlandfarms]

Wasn't sure where to post this but welcome to tires that go from round to Triangle treads.

DARPA wheels change from tires to tracks without stopping

 

[k0ua]

Some pretty cool innovations going on there.

 

[3Lfarms]

Pretty cool.
I do feel sorry for the first Marine that gets of of his HUMVEE and takes a leak on a 100KW wheel assembly.

 

[LouNY]

Pretty cool.
I do feel sorry for the first Marine that gets of of his HUMVEE and takes a leak on a 100KW wheel assembly.

Hope the seals work good and last :laughing:

 

[hawkeye08]

Perhaps in the future we will see that tech on tractors...

 

[Mace Canute]

Cubic money...big cubes, too.

 

[newbury]

Hope the seals work good and last :laughing:

Marine, Seal, both would probably get a shock.

I had tires like that, on a 65 VW bug in Northern Vermont in the winter. They would be frozen flat on 1 side for miles. Real bumpy ride.

 

[amhicks21]

Im all for new tire tech but those look insanely complicated and expensive. way too many moving parts. I'd be scared to drive through 4 inches of mud or let a little slush freeze in them.