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Wow, the bike standing there and seemingly not doing any motion to stabilize itself (like a human rider would) is quite interersting. I guess its still doing mi
by Matthias247 5y ago
Wow, the bike standing there and seemingly not doing any motion to stabilize itself (like a human rider would) is quite interersting. I guess its still doing micro-movements, but they are not captured by the camera.
What I'm wondering a little bit is how stability would be, given the thingy is rather light without a rider. Bikes definitely gain stability from weight - and the rider adds the biggest amount of that.
- rzzzt 5y agoReaction wheels can provide a surprising amount of control over balance: https://youtu.be/n_6p-1J551Y https://youtu.be/n_6p-1J551Y
- xarope 5y agoInteresting, this reminds me of the cube weapon in the Gibson novel "The Peripheral"
- JBorrow 5y agoHuman riders can kinda do that too (track standing)
- Matthias247 5y agoSure! But what I meant is that a human rider doing a trackstand will do a far bigger amount of motions. There's always some steering and rocking back and forth involved. See for example https://youtu.be/I6ABRLHLiTg?t=139 https://youtu.be/I6ABRLHLiTg?t=139