pic: 1388: Gyration

Mike Hendricks · #1 12-02-2009, 15:08

seanl · #2 12-02-2009, 17:13

nice job guys, we were going to attempt to put a gyro on ours as well but we scrapped the device because it was out of our weight constraints. good luck in your season and we'll see you guys at Long Beach.

Zyik · #3 12-02-2009, 17:25

Is the mechanism for picking the balls up off the floor only one ball wide? That seems like it could be a serious disadvantage.

AdamHeard · #4 12-02-2009, 17:27

Do you have an electronic gyro measuring your turning as well? It would seem to be extremely difficult to accurately turn via a spinning gyro without some closed-loop control software.

Doug Leppard · #5 12-02-2009, 17:56

Wow you guys pulled it off. We looked at this method and built a proto-type but didn't think it would help as much and didn't have the room and weight, but you guys did it, congratulations.

=Martin=Taylor= · #6 12-02-2009, 18:14

erm... I hope our 7lb. shooter drum doesn't affect our driving

Eric Bareiss · #7 12-02-2009, 19:24

I'm assuming you have the gyro spinning the same direction the whole time. Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't the gyro tip side to side instead of front to back? The physics of this gyro looks sideways. If the gyro is spinning to the right and you tip it forward, the force would be forward, which doesn't help with turning.

Ozeaden · #8 12-02-2009, 21:39

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Originally Posted by Eric Bareiss

I'm assuming you have the gyro spinning the same direction the whole time. Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't the gyro tip side to side instead of front to back? The physics of this gyro looks sideways. If the gyro is spinning to the right and you tip it forward, the force would be forward, which doesn't help with turning.

The physics do not change and as the default position of the gyro is vertical the tourque does not affect driving unless tilted...which is the point...obviously...

Molten · #9 12-02-2009, 21:59

Ok, I got to know. What did you do to your bumpers? Did you wrap them to your frame?

thefro526 · #10 12-02-2009, 22:06

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Originally Posted by Molten

Ok, I got to know. What did you do to your bumpers? Did you wrap them to your frame?

Looks like they wrapped them in tape to keep the numbers on...

I really like the gyro idea though. It's very different and should land you an award... if not a win

grantman54 · #11 12-02-2009, 22:33

WOW im impressed with the outcome. seriously good work guys

Joe Ross · #12 13-02-2009, 00:00

Very cool. I think you're well on your way to a 3rd straight creativity award.

See you in LA.

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