Gimbals As Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2016-05-06
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872 words · ~4 min read
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gimbals the gold percussion instruments found at top any standard drum set which
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wait sorry let me try that again gimbals the tiny metal or plastic cups that
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people wear on their fingers to protect them while sewing which wait wrong again
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well how am I supposed to know all of this stuff One Last Time gimbals pivoted
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support mechanisms that allow attached objects to be rotated around a central
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axis but if that definition sent your head spinning around its Central axis
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like it did to mine here's a plain English one it lets an object let's say
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a drink stay oriented one way even when
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whatever it's mounted to is rotating and
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cup holders that don't spill when a ship is swaying back and forth in the ocean
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are just the beginning those who have seen our video about Optical image
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stabilization will already be aware that miniature gyroscopic sensors make
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greater stability possible in cameras by
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monitoring and affecting lens position in response to stimuli this process is
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remarkably similar to other systems like one's responsible for keeping commercial
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airliners autopilot programs constantly aware of the horizon or those that keep
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large luxury cruise liners from tipping over usually and triple gimbal support
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mounts known as Gyros that's better make it possible for
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an item to rotate completely free of its
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mounting allowing something like a a drone mounted camera to not only be
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stabilized up and down pitch left and
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right y but also on the third roll axis
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meaning that the camera shot stays level even when the Airborne platform it's
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attached to is altering its angle dramatically to get like that sick pan
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shot so gimbals that are paired with sensors and capable of manual adjustment
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of the orientation of the mounted object in addition to providing resistance to a
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change in orientation are called motored systems and you can find them on more
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than just drones I mean even rocket propulsion systems use them to allow
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thrust to be applied to the rocket ship in different directions as needed but
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what do drones and Rockets have in common well they're both complicated and
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expensive so if the goal is to build a better selfie stick or whatever the
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other type of gimbal you might encounter is a motorless one these systems rely on
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precise balance and sometimes even user
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intervention directly to keep them still and they are less capable of
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compensating for sudden aggressive movements but they are lighter and less
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expensive when a motored gimbal isn't required which still doesn't explain why
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the Blair Witch Project looked like absolute garbage none of this stuff is
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new and even though it's taken until now for many mainstream folks to realize
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that they're surrounded by gyroscopes and gimbals there are drawings of ink
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