Spherical robots comprise a class of mobile systems characterised by a fully enclosed spherical shell that integrates internal actuation mechanisms. Their dynamics are defined by complex nonholonomic ...
While working at NASA in 2003, Dr. Robert Ambrose, director of the Robotics and Automation Design Lab (RAD Lab), designed a robot with no fixed top or bottom. A perfect sphere, the RoboBall could not ...
An illustration of the RoboBall in space, where researchers hope it will one day serve. View and share a video of this research. While working at NASA in 2003, Dr. Robert Ambrose, director of the ...