How much does your robot weigh?

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How much does your robot weigh?

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21-02-2012, 12:57

Jon Stratis Jon Stratis is offline

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Re: How much does your robot weigh?

To get a "close enough" weight of the robot, use a simple bathroom scale. Set one end of the robot on the scale, the other on a block to keep the robot level - that'll give you "half" of your weight. spin the robot around, and now you have the other "half".

I put half in quotes, because it's not really half - if your center of gravity isn't in the middle of the robot, you'll see one end weight more than the other. This can be a great way to help discover and fix CoG issues.

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