May 5, 2006

Riding an Inverted Pendulum

Using the same principle as this unicycle here is another one that has a neat look. For more pictures have a look at the photo gallery. Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 “The delicate balance gives the movements of unicycles a stiff and jerky quality. Automatic stabilisation, however, requires the unicycle to be fitted with a highly dynamic four-quadrant drive. The short reaction times required, in the range of milliseconds,

Steam Rowboat

This Steam Powered Rowboat is a work in progress, it will be quite interesting when it is done. Here are a few videos of the creation in action. Video 1 Video 2 The creator was recently on Tech Now showing off how he hacks together some of his custom projects.