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- From: alex@cs.uow.edu.au (Alex Zelinsky)
- Newsgroups: comp.robotics
- Subject: Re: balancing_act
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.030754.5509@cs.uow.edu.au>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 03:07:54 GMT
- References: <1992Aug14.181900.26605@ee.ubc.ca> <1992Aug14.193217.17073@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
- Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia
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- ktc@onan.jhuapl.edu writes:
-
- >In article <1992Aug14.181900.26605@ee.ubc.ca> williamb@ee.ubc.ca (william
- >burchill) writes:
- >> Could somebody post some information or suggest a book on sensors
- >> for detecting balance, i.e. orientation relative to the horizontal plane?
- >> I'm praticularly interested in knowing what different types are available.
- >> Are there any without moving parts?
- >>
- >> I recently saw a t.v. program which showed a 1 legged hopping robot in
- >> action. How did this sense its balance? Could someone direct me to a
- >> technical publication on this work?
- >>
- >> thanks.
-
- >Check out anything by Marc Raibert (e.g, Legged Robots that Balance, MIT Press,
- >1986, or CMU reports CMU-RI-TR-83-20, CMU-LL-4-1985). The machine in question
- >used an inertial reference (gyroscope) to sense up. I seem to recall he had
- >problems with keeping bearings in the gyros due to impact loading (falling
- >down?)
-
- >Kim
-
- The YAMABICO Project, at the Intelligent Robot Lab, Tsukuba University,
- of Prof. Shin'ichi Yuta, recently completed a balancing 2-wheeled mobile
- robot. The robot can executed planned motion paths, and is very stable.
- It uses an inertial reference (gyro). I don't know the exact details of
- the specifc sensor make and model used in this project.
- I spent 7 months at the lab, and saw numerous experiments. It works well.
-
- Unfortunately, the only publications are in Japanese. I believe an English
- paper is in preparation. You would be best to contact the Prof. Yuta
- directly email address yuta@roboken.is.tsukuba.jp
-
- Good Luck
-
- Alex Zelinsky
- Univ. Wollongong
- Australia
-