Electric Diwheel Resembles Hailfire Droid from Star Wars

Posted on June 14, 2011

This human operated Diwheel, named EDWARD, was created as a project by students in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Adelaide. EDWARD is an electric diwheel featuring inbuilt dynamic lateral stability and slosh control.

The vehicle has a top speed of 40km/hr (about 25m/hr). You can read more about the project here. If you added weapons and removed the seat, it would somewhat resemble a Hailfire Droid. Take a look:


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