At this point, somebody taking the motors out of a cheap “hoverboard” and using them ... bit is the 3D printed omnidirectional Mecanum wheels he’s designed to fit the motors, which he ...

Amazingly, the build relies on the stock hoverboard motors and electronics. The hoverboard wheel motors are responsible for driving the omniwheels at either end via a toothed belt drive.

An curved arrow pointing right. As a kid, everyone has at one point probably wished they had mechanical wheels attached to their shoes. Personal transportation company Acton has finally brought ...

“The hoverboard is a board that hovers on magnetic energy, and it works just like a skateboard except it doesn’t have any wheels,” he said. “You don’t have to have any pavement to hover on.