This Amazing Car Has Omnidirectional Wheels

In May this year, William Liddiard posted a video of his groundbreaking invention of bolt-on omnidirectional wheels. These incredible wheels allow the vehicle to move in all directions smoothly. If it were set it to music, it would look like the car could do the electric slide into a parallel parking space!

Liddiard notes that his wheels are particularly cutting-edge because they can be added on. Other vehicles with these kinds of wheels had to be built around the tires themselves.

The inventor had this to say about his work: “It works! I had to improvise a lot, use the materials available to me, and work on it sparingly when I could find the time…Designed to be used in all weather and road conditions. They are stronger, faster, and more accurately controlled than prior art. They can take a beating. The tires can have the same build characteristics (siping, grooves, rubber compounds etc.) as regular tires. Now you can drive in all directions, and turn on the spot, when needed.”

There are no current plans to put these tires into production, but maybe someday we can all make our cars dance into a parking spot.