Detecting Direction of the Tensegrity Robot
We are now capable of detecting the direction that the tensegrity robot is facing, as evidenced by the video below Information on how this was achieved and how this will be used is after the break.
Tensegrity’s Next Step: Detecting Direction
One of the current major limitations of the tensegrity is that it does its distance calculations using only a start position and an end position. Although that does lead to some very useful results, the data is crude and has its limitations. For exampl…
Tensegrity Robot Navigates a Path
After lots of work, the tensegrity robot is now capable of directional movement! This is evidenced by the video below
Tensegrities in Bullet Physics
What Tensegrities are structures which are very lightweight and have very strong structural properties. They are created by connecting rigid bars with tensile elements. Below is an example of a standard 3-bar tensegrity with the green being rigid bars …