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Re: Two New Contests at BrickBots.Com
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:21:06 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Ralph Hempel writes:
> > Am I completely thick or is the problem simpler than I'm imagining? Way
> > back when at the University of Waterloo, we designed a 2D
> > inverted pendulum
> > balancer on a plotter bed. The pendulum rotated a sensor, and we had to
> > move the bed to keep it stable. You'd get bonus points for moving the bed
> > in 2 dimensions....
Nope your not thick, but the RCX is! It seems to be simple problem, but I
suspect the limitations of the RCX / LEGO's will make it difficutlt.
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> > I just don't understand the statement "Build a robot that stabilizes the
> > inverted pendulum by rotating it" or the picture (which should be enclosed
> > in a <pre> tag to display properly.
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> OK, now that I've figured out what the pendulum base looks like, I can
> see the advantage of the rotating base, namely that we eliminate the
> need for detecting the end of the range of motion!
Wow, I just now finally understand! The picture B. Shahian linked to
finally make it clear for me. I have included the URL for the picture in
the official rules, and I hope nobody sues me for it!
Yep, it should have been <PRE>'d but I dont write static pages (Well, If I
can help it!). All the BrickBots content comes out of a database as plain
text and is converted to HTML (Replacing CR/LF with <BR> etc). There was no
easy way to pre the text <PRE> would actually come out <PRE> , but
this should all be cleared up with this picture. BTW: This also answers the
question "Why not inline the picture.." :-)
> Thanks to all who helped in my quest for understanding. Now I have to
> figure out if I can build this with touch sensors or if I should use
> a rotation sensor...
My big uncertainty with this is how to measure the movement of the pendulum.
If I attach a rotation sensor to the shaft that allows the pendulm to swing,
then I am going to be slowing the swings of the pendulum with the friction
from the rotation sensor (kinda seems like cheating). The more I gear up
the signal (less motion of pendulum=more rotations) the more I will be
amplifying the friction of the sensor. If I put enough gears, the pendulum
will just sit there :-O. I suppose I can add more weight to the end of the
pendulum to conteract this, or pehaps there is not enough friction in the
sensor to really make a difference.
I look forward to seeing everyones entry, but lets not forget about those tops!
Rich
rich at brickbots dot com
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