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From: shane@cs.sunysb.edu (Shane Bouslough)
Subject: Re: A sense of balance
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Allen Brown (abrown@hpcvcec.cv.hp.com) wrote:

: Brian_Sullivan@ccs.carleton.ca writes:
: : A thought on pendulums. As the robot moves, they tend to jiggle 
: : about. Using a weight to dampen movement, will slow things down, but 
: : pendulums love to swing. 
: 
: A weight will not dampen movement.

Why not? Hang two weights, one is 500lb, and the other is a tennis ball.
Guess which one you'll be able to jiggle and which one you won't :-).

:   Allen C. Brown  abrown@cv.hp.com or hplabs!hpcvca!abrown or "Hey you!"

-Shane

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