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acyclicks  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Boston Dynamics: ATLAS bipedal robot

Some options:

- Earth's surface and orbit are not inertial reference frames. Probably negligible effect.

- The flywheel would have mass, and would resist lateral acceleration just because of its momentum.

- Maybe some rotational movement is inherent to bipedal locomotion. You mention a 5 degree rotation in the hips which might need to act against the flywheel.

- "Dynamics was 18 years ago"

- I never took dynamics and am missing something