Robotics
WaCaR walking robots
Cartesian precision without rails, tracks or navigation sensors.
WaCaR — the Walking Cartesian Robot — moves like a cartesian machine but walks on linkage legs instead of sliding on rails. That removes the most expensive parts of a conventional system: precision rails that must span the whole workspace, and the navigation sensors mobile robots need to know where they are.
The family covers open-ground platforms (WaCaR-OSG), short and long-legged platforms for structured environments (USG, ULG), and fixed-frame self-powered variants (USR, USF). All of them run on the same published mechanism family, so parts and knowledge carry across models.
Key features
- ▪Cartesian-grade positioning over essentially unlimited range
- ▪No rails, tracks or precision guides to buy, align or maintain
- ▪No navigation sensors — position comes from the mechanism itself
- ▪1 or ≥2 DoF platforms, open ground or fixed frame
- ▪Built from published, peer-reviewable mechanism research
Where to use it
Commercial-scale farming
Scale a farmbot from a garden bed to a commercial field — seeding, weeding and monitoring without per-metre rail costs.
Manufacturing
A mobile replacement for fixed cartesian robots — bring the machine to the work instead of building a gantry over it.
Construction
Long-range positioning for repetitive site work on open, unprepared ground.
Research & education
An affordable cartesian platform for labs and classrooms that teaches real kinematics.