Not your Average Art Car

TechnoGecko has a lot of cool tech that sets it apart from the rest of the art cars and mutant vehicles. We hope the tech enthusiasts, tinkerers, dreamers, and makers appreciate the awesome and ridiculous features!

CUSTOM BUILT CHASSIS
We made it — as in fabricated it from the ground up, as in welded steel from scratch. When we went to the DVM they had to provide us with a VIN number. We were proud. Most mutant vehicles or art cars use the base of an existing vehicle (like a bus, fire truck, car, etc.) and then make their ‘mutant vehicle’ come to life by adding features around that base. We did that for our last mutant vehicle, DiscoFish, but wanted a bigger challenge with TechnoGecko so it’s custom!

NO GAS & NO ENGINE
It’s electric, we don’t have an engine on any of the modules. We have battery engineers on our team that specialize in integrating car batteries on our frame and with our technology. Because we use batteries we have an electric motor on each vehicle module (dance floor, robot head, etc.) so they can move together as well as independently. The photo below is the vehicle battery setup prototype with the wheels. We tested it before mounting it into the custom built steel chassis. Learn about being all electric here!

WHEEL PODS
Our wheels can turn on a dime. We can go from moving horizontal to vertical with the push of a button or move of a joystick! No theoretical parking spot too tight for this slithering beast!

NO STEERING WHEEL OR DRIVER SEAT

Nope, no steering wheel on TechnoGecko. We use a RC remote controller to move it while under human supervision. That means we also don’t have a drivers seat! The ‘driver’ can be walking outside the vehicle, cruising up top, or situated elsewhere.

AUTONOMOUS DRIVING

When using waypoint technology the vehicle will slither from the current location to a preset destination. It moves on its own and avoids obstacles in accordance with the built in tech. Learn more about the LIDAR integration here.