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Bipedal drone. Its not the same to stabilize on the slackline with rotors than without.
by mam3 5y ago
Bipedal drone. Its not the same to stabilize on the slackline with rotors than without.
- whoknowswhat11 5y agoWow, what a ridiculously misleading headline. Caltech should be ashamed. Thanks for clarifying things. I wonder if I could have a drone drag a string on a slackline and talk about my balancing robot.
- p1necone 5y agoWho cares how it's stabilized, it still has all the same advantages that a regular bipedal robot would have. Being pedantic about the mechanical "purity" of the design seems counterproductive.
- shaftway 5y agoIt's not exactly being pedantic. If I saw a headline that talked about someone with a shattered spine learning to walk again, but it omitted the fact that the walking is accomplished with an exoskeleton, then it's pretty misleading. It can still be cool (I totally want an exoskeleton), but the headline is deeply inaccurate. After all, the thing has "drone" in the basis of its name.
- bperson 5y agoIt is the same. The propellers take the same role as gyros. It just uses atmosphere to create lift to become buoyant to make up for the fact that it is not very powerful. Once it is buoyant the interaction between legs and blades seem like the same type of stabilization as any other robot- fast micro adjustments of various potential-filled motors to stay on course
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- Retric 5y agoNot quite it’s much easier to balance on a slack line if you can put a hand or even just a few fingers on a stationary object. The propellers offer similar benefits.
- bperson 5y ago> if you can put a hand or even just a few fingers on a stationary object. The propellers offer similar benefits. As do gyros