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too bad it would fail the crash test in germany]]>Aug 16th 2008 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/Aug 17th 2008 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/
I still can't believe I actually got graded for playing with LEGOs.]]>Aug 16th 2008 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/

Anyway, what I had written was, "Why did the builder put the heavy batteries so high up?"]]>Aug 16th 2008 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/Aug 16th 2008 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/Aug 16th 2008 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/Aug 16th 2008 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/
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.]]>Aug 16th 2008 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/
http://musicmp3.ru/ssn.html?al=6235]]>Aug 17th 2008 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/That OST kick ass, as the other VALVe games', and the Fallout ones.


Cute robot, It's simple and funny.]]>Aug 17th 2008 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/Aug 17th 2008 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/Aug 16th 2008 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/Aug 16th 2008 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/Aug 17th 2008 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/Aug 17th 2008 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/Aug 17th 2008 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/Aug 17th 2008 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/
joke]]>Aug 17th 2008 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/
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]]>Aug 17th 2008 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics]]>Aug 17th 2008 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/Aug 17th 2008 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/Aug 17th 2008 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/miniature-balancing-robot-is-sad-hilarious/
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.]]>Aug 17th 2008 1:55AM