Lego Car with Ball Wheels 

Ok then so you use pedals to move forward use the gearbox to switch to C R A B D R I V I N G Edit: HOLY SHIT 300 LIKES!?!? I LEFT IT SITTING THERE FOR 5 MONTHS Edit #2: Nearly 1k likes, man...

There's been cars in the past that could do this. Various different designs in different eras.

Even blond girls could park without accident

@@trystanbernardie2398 ah yes, nothing like some casual sexism

@@Hawk7886 it's not sexism it's humor... my girlfriend drive actually better than me... if you can't understand humor you can just remove that wooden stick from your @ss

Shut up and take my money.

It would need changes to make illustrations on a building manual easy to understand, and things like the tyres would probably have to be special pieces to make it work well on common flooring materials even with dust or animal hair. That said, I can totally imagine this as a set with a top that makes it look like a sci-fi muscle car from a cyberpunk universe. Love the sound of those electric motors whizzing away.

Well, at the beginning of the video the balls were specified to be Duplo brand. So that's Lego's big ol' toddler blocks division. I don't see any reason why they couldn't just produce them in black for the set. Maybe they would need a rubberized finish or something?

@@HiiroRocker101 they would probably need the rubber coating,for extra traction / grip / whatever.

@@xx_worldjaxx_xx1494 Rubber coating and possibly treads cut into it, not unlike tyre treads IRL, but probably in a hexagonal pattern. Anyway, I'd definitely buy this, if it were a kit.

Frc uses swerve drive which is similar liar to this

@@pullfunnystick yes, but it's not really the same. but would be interesting for someone to attempt something like this

@@pullfunnystick Swerve drive is similar in function but WAY more mechanically complex. Honestly, anyone who uses it is basically throwing money at whatever problem they're trying to solve, rather than being resourceful.

I’ve seen some ftc teams make ball drive as well, though it’s not very popular

Looks better than any recent technik set. Technik is in a real sad spot right now

Better technik is Trash nowerdays

I just throught of something... Can technic sets be accepted into Lego Ideas? Like, they already had some complicated sets there and why wouldn't this Piece of Magic be there

@@alwexander996 Lego is a shitty company there a so much better companys like xinbao or cobi

@@jasonbrody9294 That’s not entirely true. Yes, they have been pushing sets more recently, which tend to be same-y, but the quality of the pieces and the consistency despite the variety of parts is surprisingly high. Compare that to other companies, which use weak locking bricks and a very basic set of pieces, and you’ll see that LEGO is generally a better option. Also, LEGO’s developing biodegradable bricks at a similar quality, which is better for the environment but comes at a cost to them, unlike the Chinese toy companies which only really care about profit.

This is my kind of ASMR.

Almost as good as Lego building IRL.

I mean yeah, its a ripoff channel of Brick Experimentation Channel that has been around for years.

@@thecrazything95 Ripoff is a surprisingly dramatic term for an amazing concept catching on lol

The only annoying noise is the motors high pitch squeal.

ABS could be controlled via electric motor modulation in software.

Suspension can be added by just using inflateable wheels instead of plastic.

Our poor ass

@@cheesebusiness Racquetball balls would solve several issues, from suspension to static build-up or dust.

I had this thought aswell but the unsprung weight is still quite high in comparison to suspension wheels

Ohhh Ganesh ! c'est ca qui est beau avec les légos c'est de détourner leur utilisation principale

engineer : give me something, and I'll make it wonderfull

Oh vous ici, quelle surprise :) A quand le "Apprend à imiter une brique Lego" ? :p

.... is y the toys exist

Lego is all about breaking conventional rules

Certainly. Put an Audi badge on it and they're very similar.

@@Xtoxinlolinecronomicon sorta it's just the design, Cooler to add the working backwards doors like on the Audi to this Lego car

The R8 concept

Audi RSQ

@@SilverSlugVideos I know

Good idea but with the plastic balls the car is able to drift smoothly

@@Arjun-ei3jx with enough torque and skill, you can drift rubber ball wheels as weell

@@Arjun-ei3jx it drifts bc of the 4 wheel steering, standard AWD tends to understeer

the dust issue will be worsened, need to mitigate that.

I would imagine that giving the driving wheels some angle pointed downwards would give it suspension through the mechanism that also keeps puts friction on the ball and drive wheels, and have that be the only point of contact. Though the ball choice would certainly influence the traction characteristics and soften the ride as well. Perhaps those pink super bounce balls would work well.

this project is incredibly cool... but imagine the contact patch on a wet/icy road lol

@@FreshApplePie Tokyo Drifting to the graveyard

@@FreshApplePie imagine any one of those parts breaking at speed.

Imagine replacing a “wheel”

Also, grip levels will be smaller

Thanks, well flying... That's hard to build

@@BrickTechnology its possible, Brick Experiment Channel has build flying brick vehicels

@@OnezKrs yea but with custom voltage, I think it was more than 25V

@@BrickTechnology reaallly hard :P ive tried before withcustom props the props broke before it even got any lift

@@OnezKrs link?

I guess, the motion of the vehicle seems explicitive enough.

@@sashaherriott5129 Diego probably means in the parts where the vehicle isn't moving, and the effect of the motors on the ball rotation is being demonstrated

A 3d circle

Don't you mean a line?

Maybe even flimsy rubber bands for extra grip / traction

Agreed. It's been a while since LEGO did anything even half as innovative.

@@macsmith2013 latest Lego technics is putting a hat on a Lego man

fr with more color besides shades of gray, this absolutely should be an official set

I agree

probably wont due to how much stress it put on the ball pieces sadly

I don't care, I want one!!!!!

@@Xsoskeleton ballshit

Youre gonna lose it

If it would be launched by LEGO it would probably cost a fortune. Would be at around 400 USD I guess.

I was about to say the same thing!

That's likely the inspiration.

i was watching the video and also reminded of that car. It's an interesting concept

I wonder if spherical tyres could be possible in real life

@@aestheticswim3397 i think that biggest problem is transfer of power to a ball. With a wheel its easy, but with ball not so much :( for now only with rolers like here or old computer mouse.. Imagine hard breaking.

Mice had X and Y axis, this is only one way (like a wheel) and I only looks cool

Beautiful, throw a motor in an old ball mouse and let it roam around the room for your cat to play with!

@@jek__ I have one of those old mice. Now I want to do this. One problem… my cat’s old, and doesn’t chance things.

@@raymonddamm8559 but... it does have 2 axis?

now that makes me think... You could technically program it then to map your room / route that the vehicle is taking, and have it transferred to your computer

I was also going to suggest the hard 'super-bounce' type balls, as they are usually very round, and would provide better power-transfer & traction.

@@WhiteWolf65 Are we talking vulcanized rubber balls like those that are used in Lacrosse? If so those balls are incredibly dense and have significant weight to them. It would be very difficult to stop the vehicle quickly and change direction because of the momentum.

Omni wheels have better performance when scaling. Otherwise we'd just use balls for everything

super balls bro

@@jiquandaviussongaming8640 this is a family friendly youtube channel

i dont see how the break sistem would work with these especially with high speeds

it would be on a 3000 lbs car. but on a 2 lbs of plastic yeah its ez

spherical wheels are great if you don't have to worry about surface wear or traction

@@MagnusFeirenbacher what about dirt getting between the drive wheels and the ball

@@MagnusFeirenbacher well the good year tire concept would rotate them periodically for even wear

@@RyanSmith-wc7ku Yes, but the issue is the sphere will always end up with substantially less surface area on the ground than a normal tire. Surface area is critical in keeping your grip in all situations.

Nah it's AWD all the time. All 4 spheres are spinning even in car steering mode, which techinically makes it AWD. The word you're thinking of is 4 wheel steering. It already exists on some cars, and cars even from the 80s, but the spheres in the video just takes it to the extreme.

Crab steering as an extra slider in double steering mode would be sick for parking.

Double steering makes it 4WS 4 wheel steering

The "crab" steering is what I was waiting for as soon as I saw this. Freaking awesome!

@@MaxUgly crab wheels actually exist but mostly in robotics and AGVs in ur shipyard

I want to see a phonk music video with this car drifting

Drifting to heaven

Facts I was so hyped when I saw this vid

@@MidwestFarmToys steel speres with rubber coating.

@@MidwestFarmToys time to find out how they did it on the balls from those ball mice.

@@JohnCena-iw2vk See, those are just entirely made of rubber. Which, at the speeds you move a mouse around, is fine but once you put that on the road, you'll just sand off the wheels until they're too small to make proper contact with the drive wheels or your car just hits the ground and then just sits there.

@@JohnCena-iw2vk Buy 4 mice and make a new car

My heart broke when you said you don't like technic in one of your videos :) Thanks for your feedback, means a lot to me coming from a lego designer.

You know..... lego Technic is very cool but its too expensive

Knex...

"I hate that I hate something" is probably the silliest thing I think I've ever heard that did not come out of my girlfriend's mouth🤣... it sounds like the words of a true uber hipster contrarian. I'm a die hard knex lover and if you want to build large scale stuff or impressively functional weapons (particularly compound bows that actually flex like a real bow) or really fast elastic powered cars knex can be superior but technics are so popular there's a part for literally everything now (which is why it's kinda cheating; u want a worm and wheel gear box? Just buy one) .. the variety of parts and level of intricate, functional detail you can achieve on such a small scale with technics is unmatched though... You certainly pay a premium for it and that is why I love to hate on Lego.. if I want to build cool stuff out of plastic nowadays I think a 3d printer is where I'd start and basic rc car stuff is so cheap now there's no reason not to go that route

@@ianbuilds7712 sounds like a lovely relationship you have there 👍 why even include that lol it just makes you sound a bit shitty ngl

A very nice amount of likes you got there sir

@@FarrelTTE indeed, pray no one ruins it

@@Insert-Retarded-Reply-Here too late. Its up to 76 but im not gonna like in hopes it goes down again

🥁🥁 tssssss

He be rollinballlin

I mean, it is professional

same chassis may be used with either tank turret or car cab

Same 👍

"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious sh*t."

Yup. It's an Audi car in "I robot"

Wait the DeLorean had ball wheels? or are you referring to the chassis/styling?

@@paulstein8854 Chassis/styling. I've never seen a full-sized automobile with ball wheels! 😅

Exactly, it is like a mouse ball just way dirtier

@@BrickTechnology you need to switch to laser drive soon :D

It's a common feature in off-road forklifts and it makes life WAY easier. It's also just fun using all 3 steering modes.

I dont want to appreciate it i just want to watch some shit

​@@hobbes5043fr lmao these youtube comments are everywhere

@@hobbes5043ong

@@nomey07 glad to see likeminded people

“Can we just appreciate-“ no. Stop this comment immediately mister NPC 🤖

maybe not i think there can be a solution with magnetic just think of a motor or in german its called a ´´Drehstromasynchronmotor´´, maybe if u copy this technique and make it better u can left the wheels out. Just my thought

Just wait until we figure out how to make our cars hover I know it sounds crazy and stupid at the moment, but so was the idea of planes before they were invented by the Wright Brothers.

Dense rubber would work better, then drive wheels could be changed to rollers that taper with the ball and have a much larger contact patch. The drive rollers could also be mounted on a swing arm suspension setup, but probably not using legos.

I want to have a brain where your great ideas come from

9:08 Test-Drive

Cool, now make a tank.

Maybe I have an Idea that will fix some of the cons : Try to use squash balls instead of the plastic balls. They have a rubber surface wich gives them much grip and can act as a suspension.

3:26 my brein boom

alternatively, reshape the body a little and give it an "I, Robot" display stand

This would easily be a $2k set, doubt it would be very popular.

I totally agree, I came here to say I'd buy this if it was a complete set/kit