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Unread 10-01-2016, 20:58
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Re: Rotation of a part independent of the base

Easiest thing I can think of is to put the cylinder on a Lazy Susan, and hook it up to a motor to turn. Mount a gyroscope to the cylinder, and use something like PID to drive the rotation of it back to zero continuously.
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