Miniature "balancing" robot is sad, hilarious
By Paul Miller 
posted Aug 16th 2008 10:50PM
posted Aug 16th 2008 10:50PM
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posted Aug 16th 2008 10:50PM
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aww.. poor robot :(
It looks like its having a seizure.
the first Metal Gear
Can there be anything cuter and more pathetic? Only drowning puppies... and it would have to be a lot of them
But I already knew how to make a robot that wouldn't work. I don't need plans to make one.
I think the problem is that it can't vary the motor speed and spazes out. If it worked better I'd want to build my own.
You'll be laughing once it saves humanity in the future.
SEGW-A
Such Big Fail for such a Tiny Bot.
So exiting!
NOT
Actually, it DOES exit a few times, considering that it's constantly moving...
lol!
exciting is the word I think your looking for.
and "you're" is the word you are looking for.
That was very oddly adorable. I can't wait for the robot uprising now!
i feel bad for it for some reason...
The fact that it just keeps on trying over and over, despite failure, makes it both inspiring and saddening at the same time. The little segway that could.
"Singular purpose is to not fall d. . . Damnit. Must stay uprigh. . . Crap. Balance is importan. . . Damn. Failure is not an optio. . . Sh*t. Just turn me off. Please."
lol
There's a tiny voice coming from it saying "Please kill me!"
You won't feel pity toward it when it becomes HUMPBOT RAPER OF WORLDS
Oh my God, I almost spit my soda out when I read that.
LOL!
well,
you win the internet today.
Comment of the Month.
Nice rims.
Aww, it's just a little baby
awwww, cute, makes me feel sorry for it.
If changed Batteries to a lighter type, then it wouldn't be challenging.
Personally I liked it
too bad it would fail the crash test in germany
That's actually incorrect. Heavier batteries would make it easier for the robot to control itself. Lighter batteries or even a lower center of gravity would require even a faster response time from the motors.
I did this in high school with the LEGO Mindstorms RCX brick and some IR sensors. Was fun burning out a dozen or so motors over the course of a semester.
I still can't believe I actually got graded for playing with LEGOs.
WTF!!!!
Anyway, what I had written was, "Why did the builder put the heavy batteries so high up?"
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Ha. it haz seizures. poor thing.
it strangely reminds me of my dog, humping something.
Aww, poor little guy. I guess I would feel worse if he had a soul though. Or a gender for that matter, dunno why I'm calling it a "he".
BTW, the music is from the Half-Life 2 OST (the only video game music I've actually placed in my iTunes library). One of my favorite tracks.
Dude, which track is it. The Russians have it but there's like 43 tracks.
http://musicmp3.ru/ssn.html?al=6235
Track is "triage at dawn" (number 17).
That OST kick ass, as the other VALVe games', and the Fallout ones.
Cute robot, It's simple and funny.
that thing makes me sad :( poor robot
Why is sad Half-Life music playing? :(
I think you just failed worse then this robot does.
neato and failo poor little bugger fallin on its face. you people are all nuts. ^__^
What the hell... Did you seriously not write that or did you mean to post that on another article? Would be trippy if it put someone else's post under your name.
The balance problem could be solved if the designer added a third wheel.
That would just throw away the projects proposal, becoming just an ugly tripod...
@zaphod:
joke
So there is a misconception that needs to be addressed:
Simple physics shows that the higher up the center of gravity, the easier it is to balance. The batteries are up high so that the bot can balance at all, otherwise it would just fall over all the time (the distance actually changes how fast a response time is needed to keep the bot balancing) Try balancing a long broom and then a pencil. If you can balance the pencil you're a super hero...or something.
In short: Batteries high = Good.
-A
Do us all a favor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics
I've always said that bobo dolls are products of black magic.
@ryan: Wow that was a concise explanation of why he was wrong. Oh wait. It wasn't. I'm not a physicist, but I tend to agree with his point. If you want to sway my opinion, you're going to have to work a little harder than that.
@ryan
He is definitely right. It's called moment of inertia. An object with a higher moment of inertia will respond more slowly to a given moment than one with a smaller moment of inertia. So, if you had lighter batteries or moved them closer, the moment of inertia would be less and it would tip over faster, probably too fast to balance.