ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec. 30 (UPI) — Disney released video of a robotic car designed to easily transition between driving on the ground and driving on walls.
The car, known as VertiGo, was designed by Disney Research Zurich and The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and features two propellers that allow the remote controlled vehicle to drive walls and other horizontal surfaces.
“The robot is able to move on a wall quickly and with agility. The use of propellers to provide thrust onto the wall ensures that the robot is able to traverse over indentations such as masonry,” the creators stated in a press release. “The choice of two propellers rather than one enables a floor-to-wall transition — thrust is applied both towards the wall using the rear propeller, and in an upward direction using the front propeller, resulting in a flip onto the wall,”
A video posted to YouTube, shows the wall-climbing car in action as it drives up a wall and is able to remain in place once vertical.
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