Robot Table Balances Ball Like A Pro
Sep 20, 2008 0819 hrs IST
And when you can balance, you're another step closer to taking over the world
Sep 20, 2008 0819 hrs IST
And when you can balance, you're another step closer to taking over the world
When you recover from a good shove, you don't see it as a big deal, even though your body's going through a billion adjustments to prevent you from tipping over. Robots today are too slow to make these calculations, so a poke in the side is quite likely to send the million-dollar machines to their death.
Now think about balancing a ball on your plate--tricky, and you'll usually drop it in less than a minute. Francesco Prosperi at the Sant'Anna School for Advanced Studies of Pisa, Italy, however, has designed a robot with reflexes so fast it doesn't drop the ball even when you push it around the tray. The tray in this case is a FLEX board riddled with microcontrollers, which give the main unit data about the ball's position--it's the equivalent of a touchscreen monitoring your finger's position.
by dean, DETROIT, on Sep 20, 2008 08:49 PM, Report abuse Reply
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still, even on a flat plane, it's still a good improvement!
by James, Alexandria, on Sep 21, 2008 09:07 AM, Report abuse Reply