Carnegie Mellon's Ballbot could teach Segway a thing or two

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farris==> 101* Rx = > /_ @ Aug 11th 2006 1:11PM

actually, #1 (.ed), try taking a hammer and balancing it with the heavy end down. then try it with the heavy end up.

its got a fancy physics name that i cant remember (i think it has to do with inertia), but i do know that its much more difficult to keep the light end up.

just my $0.02

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