Gyro Duck V2 Testing

[@RobertCowanDIY]

yes. the animated dancing duck in the bottom corner is great. this is all great. nice job.

[@BeaverBotics2]

Ah yes, Luke's quest to spite wheels continues Seriously though I love this. I can't wait to see what comes with it.

[@LukeQuin]

Thanks! Looking at making a 12lb version that has a symmetrical top/bottom. It looks less like a duck, more like a UFO

[@garrangery8180]

SHUBA!

[@Nathan-yk2le]

I love how many wheels you use, but not as wheels.

[@TeamJunkYardDog]

That was amazing!! Loved it! Having fun and doing something different!

[@Miklit23]

this is fucking sick

[@SkorpiosBattlebot]

Quack quack

[@biaxolotl5171]

Insane

[@watsmyu989]

I need more of this

[@shiken2224]

Duck go brrrrrrrrrrrr

[@retawpomytrid]

Thank you for keeping it weird haha

[@nick-team-kinetic-energy]

does that get a 2x bonus or just 1.5x?

[@quantumview8151]

I have never seen a walker that uses the gyroscopic effect of something that is not a weapon before.

[@NorrisVaughn]

Imagine if this was a heavyweight. This would be a menace 😨

[@404RBTCS]

How far do you have to tilt the gyro in order to get it to move? It doesn’t seem like a lot lol.

[@LukeQuin]

it turns out very little gyro is needed. The speed you tilt the gyro makes a bigger effect than the total amount of tilt. If I made a bigger version of this robot I would want the ability to tilt quickly and tilt up to 180 degrees

[@404RBTCS]

@@LukeQuin Do you think this could be used with two spinning shells and a larger gyro in the center? Or would that possibly cause too much force and make it uncontrollable?

[@LukeQuin]

@@404RBTCS I thought about having two shells spinning in opposite directions. It would essentially cancel out the weapon gyro which could have some interesting effects but it would increase the robots complexity a lot and I'm not sure it would truly benefit the robots mobility. A larger, heavier, higher speed gyro in the center would benefit the robot but you have to find some reasonable compromise between gyro power and weight. It's more weight efficient to spin a lighter flywheel extra fast vs a heavier flywheel slower. I think the real trick to making this work well is a microcontroller and gyro sensor that would control the servo motion automatically. The controller would attempt to keep the robot horizontal (or possibly vertical) with the weapon spinning.

[@derincattelane43]

Who made that dancing duck gif, it is really good!

[@LukeQuin]

It's the Shuba Duck.

[@derincattelane43]

@@LukeQuin Thanks! Good luck with making this gyro thing work

[@masonprice7356]

"oh no"