Re: Finals results!

Posting correctly again, sorry for any misunderstanding.

[email protected] wrote:


Well, that is correct, since it also makes the robots very vulnerable to pertubations. Certainly increasing the body weight would increase static stability. However dynamic stability would be harder to control if this extra weight was added in the center part. However, increasing the body weight without increasing the torque of the motors might make the whole design sluggish :-( . Which would be no fun !

Also, I would like to point on of the problems that I had when developing my controller. The foot of the robot is very un-natural. Meaning that, if it had one more joing in the front of the foot ( like we have fingers ) would make its walking ability much more stable and controllable. Not to mention more natural. Also, I believe that it would allow for much complex walking movements. 


thanks
Leonidas


>sue stones <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>On 5/24/05, Olivier Michel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> We are now thinking about the next edition of this contest. What should
>>> be changed, improved, etc. Any input is of course welcome. You can stay
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>>> new edition of Roboka.
>>
>>
>>I think that the robots still look as though they are ice-skating and
>>as if they have very little body weight.  I think that increasing the
>>weight and friction would mean that people could develop more lifelike
>>movements, whether they are more like human movements or robot
>>movement.  I think it looks very strange when the robots are sliding
>>around on the judo mat.
>>
>>This may also have the benefit of making things a little more even for
>>the next comp as contestants will at least have to modify thier code
>>to get their robot to work under different enviromental conditions.
>>
>>sue
>>
>>
>>
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