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Re: Biggest Challenge of '05

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Originally Posted by greencactus3
how about a segway style balancing stuff..
Building a two-wheeled robot would introduce new balancing problems. If you want to go for shifting mass to maintain rotational equilibrium, it might be easier to use a moveable counterweight. You could, for instance, stick your air compressor on one end of your arm and use a motor to move it back and forth on a track.