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Unread 02-02-2012, 15:43
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Re: Autonomous Bridge Balance

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Originally Posted by neshera View Post
Anybody auto-balancing by using a changing center of gravity within the robot, e.g. battery on a sliding rail?
That is in the works on the mechanical side of things already although I don't want to reveal too much.

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Originally Posted by wireties View Post
That is too complicated. Keep it simple. After both robots are driven on the bridge then engage the balancing algorithm. It should work the same as if the robot were there alone (provided the weights are not too different).
That is exactly right. We have this routine set to run with the push of a button. We don't need the over-complicate the algorithm if we can start it whenever we want. Also because we are planning on being full weight, we shouldn't have too much of a problem balancing with others.