Robots ride bikes too

Rich said:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9594086/

The bike is part of the robot. He trackstands and rides backwards, but
he cheats because he has internal gyros to keep stable.

RFM

Fritz M said:

The bike is part of the robot. He trackstands and rides backwards, but
he cheats because he has internal gyros to keep stable.

So do we, they're just biological. Are we cheating too?

Fritz M said:

Rich said:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9594086/

The bike is part of the robot. He trackstands and rides backwards, but
he cheats because he has internal gyros to keep stable.

RFM

I wouldn't say he's cheating. Let's just say it takes about 2 weeks to
learn to ride a bike without training wheels trying two hours a day
(random numbers) It took me one week to learn to track stand longer than
2 minutes...I admit, I was really excited about the fixie and practice
about an hour per day. So that's 30 hours total.

How long would it take to learn all of the engineering disciplines that
go into making the robot? Then, how about designing it and building it
(an iterative process, I'm sure) until it works?

I'm definitely the cheater 🙂
\\paul
--
Paul M. Hobson
Georgia Institute of Technology
..:change the words to numbers
if you want to reply to me:.

Paul Hobson said:

Fritz M said:

Rich said:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9594086/

The bike is part of the robot. He trackstands and rides backwards, but
he cheats because he has internal gyros to keep stable.

RFM

I wouldn't say he's cheating. Let's just say it takes about 2 weeks to
learn to ride a bike without training wheels trying two hours a day
(random numbers) It took me one week to learn to track stand longer than
2 minutes...I admit, I was really excited about the fixie and practice
about an hour per day. So that's 30 hours total.

How long would it take to learn all of the engineering disciplines that
go into making the robot? Then, how about designing it and building it
(an iterative process, I'm sure) until it works?

I'm definitely the cheater 🙂
\\paul

errr...2x2x7 + 1x7 = 28+7 = *35* hours. geeezzzzzz

--
Paul M. Hobson
Georgia Institute of Technology
..:change the words to numbers
if you want to reply to me:.

Paul Hobson wrote:
:: Paul Hobson wrote:
::: Fritz M wrote:
:::
:::: Rich wrote:
::::
::::: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9594086/
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:::: The bike is part of the robot. He trackstands and rides backwards,
:::: but he cheats because he has internal gyros to keep stable.
::::
:::: RFM
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:::
::: I wouldn't say he's cheating. Let's just say it takes about 2
::: weeks to learn to ride a bike without training wheels trying two
::: hours a day (random numbers) It took me one week to learn to track
::: stand longer than 2 minutes...I admit, I was really excited about
::: the fixie and practice about an hour per day. So that's 30 hours
::: total.
:::
::: How long would it take to learn all of the engineering disciplines
::: that go into making the robot? Then, how about designing it and
::: building it (an iterative process, I'm sure) until it works?
:::
::: I'm definitely the cheater 🙂
::: \\paul
::
:: errr...2x2x7 + 1x7 = 28+7 = *35* hours. geeezzzzzz

Dude...ease up...we don't care if you can't do math! 🙂

Fritz M said:

Rich said:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9594086/

The bike is part of the robot. He trackstands and rides backwards, but
he cheats because he has internal gyros to keep stable.

RFM

That's a bizarre attitude to take. A robot cheating? It's a machine.
The objective was to demonstrate balancing technology, not it's ability
to learn muscular coordination like a human.

Collin O'Neill said:

That's a bizarre attitude to take. A robot cheating?

*sigh*

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039503/

RFM

Fritz M said:

Collin O'Neill said:

That's a bizarre attitude to take. A robot cheating?

*sigh*

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039503/

RFM

Hmmm... you got me!

Paul Hobson said:

Fritz M said:

Rich said:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9594086/

The bike is part of the robot. He trackstands and rides backwards, but
he cheats because he has internal gyros to keep stable.

RFM

I wouldn't say he's cheating. Let's just say it takes about 2 weeks to
learn to ride a bike without training wheels trying two hours a day
(random numbers) It took me one week to learn to track stand longer than
2 minutes...I admit, I was really excited about the fixie and practice
about an hour per day. So that's 30 hours total.

How long would it take to learn all of the engineering disciplines that
go into making the robot? Then, how about designing it and building it
(an iterative process, I'm sure) until it works?

I'm definitely the cheater 🙂
\\paul

2 weeks is a long time. I taught 2 kids in the last year, and one the
year before that. A few days with training wheels, then take the wheels
off and lower the seat and tell them that their feet are the only things
that will save them. A few more days of that and raise the seat to a
best possible position and away they go. Normal kids learn faster than
most adults.
Bill (grandpa) Baka