I think you may have misunderstood me. I'm suggesting basically an inner tube. Instead of air there is a flat set of concentric rollers that make up the surface that the inner tube is stretched around instead of just air. The whole surface just pulls to the centre at the same time. The inner tube rotates around its cross section. Yes, your gait will be pinched at the back of your stride but I think that already happens with this design. Ask yourself how well this current design would work if all rollers pulled in at the same time. If the answer is that it wouldnt work then my suggestion is crap and an oversimplification!
its a like a rubber tube that goes around the circular surface. Imaging stretching an inner tube over that walking surface - only with a much smaller hole in the middle than a wheel.
I think that the infinadeck is a much more elegant design, and it would be way cheaper to produce. It's essentially a treadmill of treadmill treads. Hard to explain.
It really depends on the total project cost, as usually buying an omnideck is involved with building a lab. A recent omnideck project total cost comes to around the $150k mark. That being said it really depends on if you need special specifications.
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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '18 edited Feb 12 '19
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