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    Re: Balancing robots —Scott Davis
   Just a thought. What if you were to set up a track for a steel ball to roll on and have some sort of sensor at the end that would tell the rcx that the robot is falling forwards/backwards. something like so: ___...___ |_/___...___\_| ___...___ (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Balancing robots —Jim Choate
     Hi Scott, That device is called a 'Tremble Switch'. It's a good start but I think you'll find a 'pendulum' form is more effective. You can pick them up from any pinball repair place, they're the thing that says 'Tilt'. Most of these are binary but (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Balancing robots —Steve Hassenplug
   (...) Scott, I haven't tried that exact thing, but from the discussions I've had, I don't think it would work very well. The problem is that gravity is acting on the robot exactly the same as it's acting on the ball. The robot is not just tilting, (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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