Newsgroups: comp.robotics
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From: williamb@ee.ubc.ca (william burchill)
Subject: balancing_act
Message-ID: <1992Aug14.181900.26605@ee.ubc.ca>
Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 18:19:00 GMT
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Could somebody post some information or suggest a book on sensors 
for detecting balance, i.e. orientation relative to the horizontal plane?
I'm praticularly interested in knowing what different types are available. 
Are there any without moving parts?

I recently saw a t.v. program which showed a 1 legged hopping robot in
action. How did this sense its balance? Could someone direct me to a 
technical publication on this work?

thanks.

