2609: What is this?
 

Yup, that's exactly what you're thinking of :)

Re: 2609: What is this?
 

a unicycle?

Re: 2609: What is this?
 

gyroscope?

Re: 2609: What is this?
 

a very heavy robot :)

Re: 2609: What is this?
 

Tell me if I'm wrong but that looks like a fly wheel?

That's a very cool idea, my team was playing around with the idea and actually made one, but figured we couldn't fit that and a ball handler in the same robot and stay under weight. I'm glad to see someone is doing it so I can see how it will work.

Really cool idea though, I love it.

Re: 2609: What is this?
 

Cool a gyrosocopic turner! Check out this paper for theory of operation:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/4560708/Tu...on-Systems-8pp

Then answer the question....where should you apply force to make the robot turn left?

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Update: this picture was taken before actual robot assembly.
Please feel free to make any fair assumptions ;)

Re: 2609: What is this?
 

a gimbal-

good job

eager to see how it works

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Update #2: Here's a video for anyone interested

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ2QqUsUn1w

Re: 2609: What is this?
 

So how are you planning on getting power to the wheel if it's going to be rotating inside that cage like in that video? I suppose you could just do wires and untwist them but I was wondering if you were going to use mercury rings or brush rings.

-Vivek

Re: 2609: What is this?
 

It must be all of those since it's "exactly what you're thinking of."

Re: 2609: What is this?
 

If I can't think of anything, does it exist?

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Wow, very interesting. So you're going to control the tilt of the wheel, to help it turn? Not very familiar with gyros.

Re: 2609: What is this?
 

Interesting to see an idea we discussed (and abandoned) on kickoff day, being tried!

Re: 2609: What is this?
 

maybe its a wheel in a cage on a somewhat base thing? :ahh: