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- From: petesk@microsoft.com (Pete Skelly)
- Subject: Re: balancing_act
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.214515.4493@microsoft.com>
- Date: 16 Aug 92 21:45:15 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Aug14.181900.26605@ee.ubc.ca> <1992Aug14.193217.17073@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> <1992Aug15.043443.25054@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- One of the current favorites is the Laser Gyroscope.
- I believe these are being used in planes, boats, etc.
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- Kind of expensive, though.
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- I'd say, however, that your best bet would be to use
- accelerometers in conjunction with a standard gyro.
- When you get to a point in your motion that is most
- stable while on the ground, you can then use the
- accelerometers to tell where down is (gravity looks
- like acceration), and use that information to recalibrate
- your gyro.
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- You can also take into account the fact that vertical lines
- exist alot in the world, especiall in man-made areas. Use
- a vision system with a simple vertical line detector.
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- petesk@microsoft.com
- My Opinions...
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