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RE: Gyroscopes That Don't Spin Make It Easy to Hover
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Wed, 21 Aug 2002 16:15:42 GMT
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Maybe a good use would be a COG shifting, walking robot.

have you seen Legosaurus Rex at http://www.lbrick.com/projects/lrex.htm

Or, a LEGO Segway...

lacking the gyro, military duck jock used a rotation sensor:
http://members.rogers.com/militaryduckjock/balance/balance.html
actually it is not a segway ht, but resembles to it.

Oh, there are plenty of COG shifting walking robots.  But most of them are made to work on a flat surface, and (I suspect) most of them move sort of slow.

Iain's pole balancing robot (while impressive) is no Segway.

Now, I'm going to have to try and make a two wheeled line following robot...

Steve
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Cautions: The guys at Armadillo Aerospace (www.armadilloaerospace.com) tried using these devices in early flying vehicles of theirs. They reported two problems: 10Hz sampling rate is too low to stabilize a fast-response flight control system. Very (...) (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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