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Juggling Robot - 1992

Published on Jan 22, 2015

A bouncing ball can teach us a lot about hopping (and running). Both have a flight phase and periods of ground contact during which they change the direction of vertical travel. Changing the angle of the paddle at which the ball hits it will affect the speed of the ball the same way the changing slope of the ground underneath a hopping robot or animal. In which direction would the angle have to change to increase the speed of a hopping robot?

"Distributed Real-Time Control of a Spatial Robot Juggler"

by Alfred A. Rizzi, Yale University
Louis L. Whitcomb, Yale University
Daniel E. Koditschek, University of PennsylvaniaFollow
 

First experiments with automatic juggling pattern generation

Jan 18, 2025

This video was produced by the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control (IDSC) at ETH Zurich, Switzerland - http://www.idsc.ethz.ch More info about the Blind Juggler: http://www.blindjuggler.org.The video shows how chaotic ball trajectories can be used to control multiple balls to a predetermined juggling pattern.Lead researchers: Philipp Reist and Raffaello D'Andrea
 
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