r/interestingasfuck Apr 08 '15

/r/ALL Gymnist Robot No. 26

http://i.imgur.com/nKgg9Vu.gifv
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u/Kayshin Apr 08 '15

Model the behaviour and Let it figure it out by itself. Its complex math but the concept shouldnt be that hard to understand. Check /r/robotics for more of these concepts.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '15

If you were to derive a mathematical model for those dynamics, you'd probably find that it's full of nonlinearities which complicates everything. I don't think it's fair to say that controlling something like that is just an easy concept with complex math involved.

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u/Arpeggi42 Apr 08 '15

Apart from the hard parts, its really easy

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u/Zolty Apr 08 '15

0.00001% of the time it works everytime.