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Robot Balances on a Single Spherical Wheel
dalangalma writes "Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have developed a new kind of robot called the Ballbot that balances on a steel ball. Using a mechanism similar to a ball mouse, the Ballbot uses rollers to drive its single, spherical wheel and balance in place or glide around the room. The promise of such dynamically stable robots is that they can be much taller without having to have a wide base, making them much more suitable for working with humans. They are also much more agile, since they can be pushed out of the way easily without falling over. You can read the press release or check out the project's web page when it recovers from traffic."
I crapped this so you will read it.
This tarot card reader is running a racket.
I have been to these before and for more money, they will burn special candles, etc., yada yada yada. This IS A RACKET.
I had a friend who spent (dumb as she is) 4,000 dollars by the time she was done. She had horrible darness around her and supposedly this other specialist could help her rid it out of her life..problem was, hahaha, the other specialist was a family member and it came out later when the cops closed them down that they were doing this to a lot of gullible people.
please think twice before you go. I am not saying it because I am afraid of the occult or anything like that. On the contrary I have looked into just about everything to do with occult or metaphysics. I could care less what another person believes or follows. I am just warning you that this is a huge possibility, being scammed..
And your argument may be that she knew stuff about you...you don't know how they can extract info from the person they are reading for...even your mother.
Clip your fingernails, man!
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http://www.msl.ri.cmu.edu/projects/ballbot/images
Don't use them all yet. There is another obnoxious troll near the bottom that needs to be modded down. ( Yes, this post has nothing to do with it's parent; posting here was the only way to get this post near the top )
Naw. I'm just up late and tired a hell. If I wanted to get a post near the top, I'd take FP.
But having FP is pointless if it starts a flamewar. So I only take FP when I have something worthwhile to say.
While this certainly is impressive, there is at least one problem I see: How is this thing going to turn in place? It doesn't need to do that to move, but it will have to if it needs to, say, pick up an object. Especially on a flat, hard surface, like a wooden floor, where there's virtually no friction between the floor and the ball. One solution is that it could throw a weight around, but that's hardly gracefull. Also I wonder if it could overcome a simple doorstep, or curb.
May the source be with you.
Thank you for the advice! I will think of something else to link to then, perhaps the GNAA website? Anti-Slash? I am open to suggestions! Also, how can you say that GNAA is never funny? I know I laugh out loud almost every time I see one of these things pop up. Remember, humor is very subjective.
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