Advantages Of Simple Gyroscope

Fig. 5 A simple gyroscope: courtesy [Integrated]

The spinning wheel is mounted on a pivot which gives the freedom of rotation around an axis. This pivot is called a gimbal. A gyroscope uses two nested gimbals at a time which gives the rotor a rotational freedom of three degrees. The spinning wheel is creating a force that holds the gyroscope upright but when the wheel stops force disappears and gyroscope will fall. This phenomenon appears to be some kind of magic but it works on the concept of conservation of angular momentum. A rotating wheel has an angular momentum similar to the momentum a stone flying through air has. To change the direction of the stone, we require a force. Similarly changing the orientation of the rotating wheel requires a force. The spinning wheel prefers to stay oriented as it is and it will resist any attempt to change that orientation. The fact that a gyroscope will maintain a particular orientation in a vehicle is very useful. In motor vehicles, a GPS navigation system uses a spinning gyroscope to monitor and control the orientation of the vehicle. The gyroscope is contained

90% of the vehicle drivers heavily rely on GPS navigation system because of its ease-of-use. The biggest advantage of a GPS system is that it is a self-calibrating system. We don’t need to install any kind of drivers or other software. We just have to start the engine, turn on the system and start using it.

Another big advantage is that we do not need to setup any kind of environment or a laboratory to use this system. It can be used anywhere all around the globe. Considering the fact that this technology offers so many functionalities, yet is in a very small size is also another advantage. The biggest advantage of this technology is that it is absolutely free to use. Anyone having a car and a GPS system installed in it can use this free of cost