View Single Post
  #89   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 27-06-2003, 09:05
Adrian Wong Adrian Wong is offline
Registered User
#0596 (SciClones)
Team Role: Alumni
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Rookie Year: 2001
Location: Hopkinton, Mass.
Posts: 146
Adrian Wong is an unknown quantity at this point
Send a message via AIM to Adrian Wong
Hello. Excuse me for intruding, but something has been bothering me since I started reading this thread.

Isn't the Segway and these other gyroscopically stabilized platforms an example of the common "inverted pendulum" control theory experiment?

If so, you wouldn't want to have a low center of gravity for the system. You would want the center of gravity to be higher (e.g. farther from the wheels).

Just a thought. Best of luck to everyone on these projects; they're very interesting to follow.
Reply With Quote