Many devices with limbs or arms are susceptible to damage when a user bends or twists a joint of the limb or arm beyond its design point or in a direction other than intended. This is common with children's toys. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide children with toys employing fluidic actuators that can be bent, twisted, deformed and yet recover subsequently allowing the intended motion to be performed. Further, it would be beneficial by providing devices that employ fluidic actuators, and hence are essentially non-mechanical, to provide users not only of toys but other devices with driving mechanisms that are not susceptible to wear-out such as, by stripping drive gears, etc., thereby increasing their reliability and reducing noise. Fluidic devices allow for high efficiency, high power to size ratio, low cost, limited or single moving part(s) and allow for mechanical springless designs as well as functional reduction by providing a piston which is both pump and vibrator.

The disclosure discloses a method and device for controlling linear brakes of remote control model racing cars; the user sends a remote-control command to a motor control module of the model car through a remote controller; the remote-control command includes a braking command; the braking command includes the current throttle value; when remote-control command a braking command is sent, the motor control module selects the appropriate braking algorithm according to the current brushless motor speed; if the current brushless motor speed is greater than the first threshold, the field-oriented control (Foc) brake control algorithm is selected according to the received remote-control command and controls the braking current of the brushless motor; if the current brushless motor speed is less than or equal to the first threshold, the braking algorithm is switched based on pulse width modulation (PWM) control.

In an aspect, a toy assembly is provided, and includes a toy assembly housing, an extensible object inside the toy assembly housing, an extension mechanism, and an extension member power source. The extensible object includes a base, and first and second extension members. The extension mechanism is operable to drive the first and second extension members towards extended positions, and is operatively connected to the second extension member via a lost motion connection. Driving of the extension mechanism by the extension mechanism power source drives the first extension member towards the extended position for the first extension member to break or open the toy assembly housing to expose the extensible object while consuming at least a portion of the lost motion in the lost motion connection. Upon consuming the lost motion, further driving the extension mechanism drives the first and second extension members towards the extended positions.