Cubli - un cube équilibriste

15 cm de côté ³ ... 3 gyroscopes et hop !  Il peut se mettre tout d'abord tout seul sur une tranche puis ensuite sur un coin (dans la vidéo c'est montré à partir de 1:35) !

Et ensuite ... on peut toujours essayer de le faire tomber, lui il restera sur son coin ou sa tranche ;)

Sa papage à l'institut Suisse (Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control): idsc.ethz.ch/Research_DAndrea/Cubli

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A Balancing, Walking Cube Named Cubli




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17 déc. 2013

The Cubli is a 15 × 15 × 15 cm cube that can jump up and balance on its corner. Reaction wheels mounted on three faces of the cube rotate at high angular velocities and then brake suddenly, causing the Cubli to jump up. Once the Cubli has almost reached the corner stand up position, controlled motor torques are applied to make it balance on its corner. In addition to balancing, the motor torques can also be used to achieve a controlled fall such that the Cubli can be commanded to fall in any arbitrary direction. Combining these three abilities -- jumping up, balancing, and controlled falling -- the Cubli is able to 'walk'.

Lead Researchers: Gajamohan Mohanarajah and Raffaello D'Andrea

This work was done at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, ETH Zurich, Switzerland and was funded in part by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), grant number 146717.

For more details visit: http://www.idsc.ethz.ch/Research_DAnd...

Other links:
http://robohub.org/swiss-robots-cubli...

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