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user-inactivated  ·  3574 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Marines Are Building Robotic War Balls

Sphero can climb a stack of books offset to be like a small staircase, I just tried it. I assume this is more-or-less the same design, which is more-or-less this.





kleinbl00  ·  3574 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's gonna depend on torque and traction, as well as grade. How far out its pendulum is compared to how much torque the pendulum can generate will drive the physics.