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cooker52

25-04-2008 22:48

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

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Originally Posted by Eldarion (Post 742906)

I've seen this done with the Lego RC (non-NXT), which is significantly less powerful than any of the other controllers mentioned.

Of course, it was programmed procedurally in NQC--the graphical Mindstorms software implementation wasn't quite efficient or powerful enough to get the task done.

No, it never seems to be. Using NQC or other software is absolutely necissary to get the full potential of any Lego computers.

There's tons of books out about it, too.

cooker52

25-04-2008 23:03

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

Has anyone ever seen a lego segway before?

Edit:
A little unnecissary cause a quick google search came up with a few.
Here's a couple of videos.
Using a Light Sensor (and possibly more)
and using Gyros

neutrino15

25-04-2008 23:17

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

From my 2nd post:

Quote:

I also just found a youtube video of a similar contraption running with an NXT controller.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUPojb_DpNU

crake

25-04-2008 23:59

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

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Originally Posted by neutrino15 (Post 742916)

From my 2nd post:

Excellent find - did you notice the user interface?

Alan Anderson

26-04-2008 01:10

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

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Originally Posted by Arthur C. Clarke (by way of dlavery) (Post 742876)

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

I've always enjoyed the obvious corollary to Clarke's Law: "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced."

dlavery

26-04-2008 02:06

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

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Originally Posted by crake (Post 742904)

Did you catch the part where I said this was also shown with an NXT controller? :)

Yes. Did you catch the part where I said that this had already been done with
a VEX (not FTC) controller, well before the NXT controller was even available?

Protronie

26-04-2008 10:02

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

Knowing some of the students of and having been to some of the parties at RPI.... yeah they built it to haul the keg !
RPI is built on a very high hill after all.

neutrino15

26-04-2008 21:21

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

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Originally Posted by Arthur C. Clarke via dlavery (Post 742876)

To quote Arthur C. Clarke, "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

I sometimes wonder if a more advanced civilization (millions of years our senior?) is either toying with us, or experimenting on us. Not in the Pop-Cult UFO Abduction way, but more discreet ways. I mean, Think of an an ape's response to a Car, or your Grandmother's response to an iPhone.. Now think of MILLIONS of years ahead of what you know... Magic...

MrForbes

26-04-2008 21:40

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

I'm still waiting for someone to make a self balancing unicycle. That's a challenge.

cooker52

26-04-2008 21:52

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

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Originally Posted by squirrel (Post 743174)

I'm still waiting for someone to make a self balancing unicycle. That's a challenge.

No kidding. If it's not falling one way, it's falling the other.

sanddrag

26-04-2008 22:32

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

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Originally Posted by squirrel (Post 743174)

I'm still waiting for someone to make a self balancing unicycle. That's a challenge.

Done quite a number of years ago. Only balances in the fore-aft direction though. Sideways is left to the rider. http://tlb.org/eunicycle.html

Single ball drive anyone?

s_forbes

26-04-2008 22:52

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

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Originally Posted by sanddrag (Post 743187)

Done quite a number of years ago. Only balances in the fore-aft direction though. Sideways is left to the rider. http://tlb.org/eunicycle.html

Single ball drive anyone?

From what I've heard from several people in the unicycling community, you kinda need to already know how to ride a unicycle to ride one of them things...

But a single ball drive sounds like a very plausible way to do it. It'd be the ultimate segway; you could even strafe on it!

neutrino15

26-04-2008 23:20

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

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Originally Posted by s_forbes (Post 743193)

But a single ball drive sounds like a very plausible way to do it. It'd be the ultimate segway; you could even strafe on it!

I am working on that one.. Will post to youtube if I ever finish it.. (Can't find time to actually build it.) The ultimate in Meditation 2.0!

EricVanWyk

26-04-2008 23:35

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

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Originally Posted by s_forbes (Post 743193)

Friend of mine worked on that one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballbot

http://www.msl.ri.cmu.edu/projects/ballbot/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnJofB43x-Y

MrForbes

27-04-2008 11:37

Re: Students build SEGWAY in 3 months using Labview and the cRIO

Oh, it's been done....that's awesome! Now we have a summer project for after NURC....building our own.

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