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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: cuso4 on 12/05/2003 13:42:22

Title: What is a gyroscope and how does it work?
Post by: cuso4 on 12/05/2003 13:42:22

Gyroscopes are used a lot in engineering and robots. Can anyone tell me what is a gyroscope and how does it work? Cheers![:D]

Angel

Title: Re: Gyroscope
Post by: NakedScientist on 13/05/2003 19:43:04

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Originally posted by cuso4

Gyroscopes are used a lot in engineering and robots. Can anyone tell me what is a gyroscope and how does it work? Cheers![:D]

Angel

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I could try to explain this, but since these guys have done such a good job, I'll leave it to them !

http://science.howstuffworks.com/gyroscope1.htm

TNS