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Re: Robotic Wheelchair
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 2 Jul 1999 19:21:02 GMT
Original-From: 
Jason Jenkins <jenkins@ai.sri.com!spamcake!>
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Thanks Dave, for this rather complete and clear explanation of what I alluded
to.  In case anyone misunderstood me about feathers being easier to catch.
Dave explained it much better.

> yielding more time to disperse the same amount of kinetic
> energy.  This means a smaller force applied over a longer period of time.
> > From a robotics standpoint, the hard impact is tougher to maintain
> balance.


> Anyway, I hope I didn't stray too far off-topic for something that was
> probably just a humorous post to begin with.

yeah. we did. :)

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  Re: Robotic Wheelchair
 
But *catching* 25 lbs of lead is different than catching 25 lbs of feathers. The G forces during impact (which in turn affect the forces needed to maintain balance) vary tremendously depending on the shape, size, and compressive properties of the (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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