University of Adelaide: Diwheel Defies Gravity

Diwheel Defies Gravity

Author(s):	Ben Cazzolato (University of Adelaide),
Company:	University of Adelaide, Australia
Published:	dSPACE Magazine 2/2011, Dec 2011

Students and researchers in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Adelaide have developed a so-called diwheel that allows a driver to travel in a conventional upright position and, for the more adventurous, in an upside down position. A dSPACE MicroAutoBox was used as the development and control platform.

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Academia dSPACE offers universities and research institutes flexible systems with all the options needed for the model-based development of mechatronic controls.

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MicroAutoBox II Compact, stand-alone prototyping unit with real-time hardware, I/O, and signal conditioning

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