Thread: Real-time balancing strategy
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Re: Real-time balancing strategy
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Originally Posted by HumblePie View Post
We've been working (with our practice 'bot) on a braking system to lock 2 wheels until the bridge has a chance to come to rest, and then make any final adjustments. Has anyone seen a braking system used, or have thoughts on it's usefulness?
I know the Space Cookies had a system in Davis where they could basically stick a pneumatic piston through one of the gears in their gearbox to act as a break. To my knowledge, they never really used it balancing the bridge, because of the necessity of making both coarse and fine adjustments to their position up until the last moment.
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