LOCOMOTION

  • UNUSUAL LOCOMOTION (wheels, tracks, walking, reptation)

    Jean-Marc Maclou, J M M, J M Maclou, Maclou, Wheels, Tracks, Walking Machines, Snake-like robots. LeTourneau, Tournapull Model A, Rolligon, Catco, W Albee, Nicolas Straussler, Lypsïd tyre, Barreiros,Kraka, Systems of land locomotion Elie P Agnides, Marmon Herrington, Rhino, Ernst Meili, Terrastar Lockheed, RUC Riveri

  • THE WHEEL REINVENTED

    Diplock, Fowler, Meili, Spring wheels, Grumman Molab, Bendix, lunar car, Bekker, Transmash VNII, Tweel, low ground tressure tires, Lypsoïd tires, Rotoped, elliptical wheels, rhino with hemispherical wheels, Terrastar of Dan Jeffries, star wheels, whegs ans rhex, whegs Impass, toolkit DRDC, Collineo, Pavesi, Phoenix, Ru

  • CHANGES AROUND THE TRACK I (OFF-ROAD LOCOMOTION)

    We tried to review (non-exhaustive list) every type tracked off-road vehicles : there are the history of tracks, vehicles for snow and muskeg, vehicles for marshes and water, semi-tracked and forestry vehicles, also Koppisch system of Weiherhammer, d'Herman, Lowell Edgeworth, Clement, Ader, Lewis Bompers, André Dunlop,

  • CHANGES AROUND THE TRACK II (CONTINUED)

    Continued of Part I. Many unusual tracked vehicles are displayed with comments, Oulianovsk Automobile Factory (OuAZ), Ural-5920, svg101, Kropotkin Plant, BT-361 Tioumen,Slark-1, Motex MT-04, Arctic CT 28, Metal Plessis tracks, Water Buffalo,Cuthbertson, Litronic Carrier Liebherr, TV-140 New Holland, Terex IS-14B, Bonm

  • CHANGES AROUND THE TRACK III (CONTINUED)

    Nicholas Costes, W. Trautwein, ELMS 'ELASTIC LOOP MOBILITY SYSTEM, Lockheed, Waterways Experiment Station (WES), Vicksburg, LDV (Loopwheel Development Vehicle), Loopwheels ELMS Rover, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Tetrarch, curved track, Snowmobile Finncat, Aurora of Automatika, Hagen Schempf, Gallileo Mobility Intruments

  • PNEUMATIC TRACKS

    Why not marry the advantages of wheel and track ? The pneumatic track is the answer : integrated suspension in the elastic element, higher speed than metal track, better load distribution. tracked landing gear of G. Bonmartini, Bonmartini tubular caterpillars, Castoro' tractor, caterpillar H. Okada, D. O. Yoe, Scaled T

  • AIROLL, MARGINAL TERRAIN VEHICLE

    Airoll, Marginal Terrain vehicle, Canadair Fisher CL-213, Dredge of Clark, US Forest Service, Mikhailovich Avenarius, Mr d'Herman patent, R. O. Marsh, XM 759 at Pendelton Museum, Quantoco museum, CL-213, Zil PKTs-1, GAZ47-AMA, GT-TK of A. M. Avenarius,

  • LETOURNEAU LAND TRAINS

    Letourneau VC 12 Tournatrain, Letourneau Model VC-22 Sno-Freighter, Side Dump Train, Logistical cargo carrier LCC-1, Letourneau Overland train MK II was used in Alaska to carry load.

  • THE GO-DEVIL (OR DO-LINER) OF WAGNER BROTHERS

    Wagner Scoop Mining Company, Go-Devil or Do-Liner, Wagner Brothers, build articulated tractors. Erwin Wagner The GO-Devil was a unique amphibious vehicle whith wheels on rotating arms. Erwin Wagner, Tractors WI-30, 700, Wagner Mining Scoop Company, Elmer Wagner, Flex-Trac of Meili,Pekazett tractor, X-Musen, James M.

  • WALKING EXCAVATORS AND MOBILITY

    WALKING EXCAVATORS AND MOBILITY, Ecolog, Euromach, A111, A91, A61, Kaiser S2, Schaeff, Kaiser Turbo Star,Highlander, Kamo, Super Combo, Ecolog, Euromach, A111, A91, A61, Kaiser S2, Schaeff, Kaiser Turbo Star, Ernst Menzi,highlander Konrad, Valmet 911.3X3M Snake, Timberpro 620, Timberjack 603L, Menzi Muck,Joseph Kai

  • WALKING VEHICLES

    WALKING VEHICLES, One-Leg Hopper robot, Bipedal Walking Machine,2 legs robot of MIT,Planar Biped robot,Berkeley Walking Wheelbarrow,Runbot, 2 legs,Hardiman GE Exoskeleton,Raytheon exoskeleton, 2010,ODEX-III walking robot,Sherpa robot of CEA,Strider, three legged robot of Romela,Three legged robot of Univ of Heidelberg

  • SELF-LEVELING VEHICLES

    SELF LEVELING VEHICLES, Plustech, Timberwolf, Timbco, Impex, X-Musen,Wagner Go-Devil ou Do-Liner, Camoscio, Pekazett, Gemini, Meili Metrac ou Flextrac, Case Havester 453, James Bird, Racoon, RCM Harvester, Lucane BB TECH, Rottne, Ecolog, ELMS El, Holt Company, Roe Canada Ltd, TAD, Trailing Arm Drive, Standard Manufactu

  • SCREW PROPELLED VEHICLES

    All screw vehicles, Ampfirol, Chrysler Marsh Screw amphibian, RUC, Doroshi, Mitsui, ZIL, LFM, GPI, Bekker, Ice Challenger, Snowbird 6, SRL, Drive-Tesh, Garinko, J. J. A. Morath, Screw Locomotive ' of C.E.S. Burch, Ira Peavey, George Arthur Bloxam, Armstead Snow-Motor, Heidrick Antique Tractor Museums, Woodland, Motobob

  • TRACK HISTORY

    TRACK HISTORY, d'Herman,Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Thomas German,William Palmer,Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński,John Richard Barry,Sir George Cayley,Gompers Wheel Track,John Heathcoat,James Boydell,Burrell,Big Lizzie,Frank Bottrill wheels,Cabarrus, John Heathcoat,James Boydell,Burrell traction engine,Big Lizzie,Frank Bottrill