Self balancing robot

glaso

Hello:

I'm starting a ew project of a self balancing robot. By now I will use this robot as my "inspiration" http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/resources/custapps/app_bway.asp

I have some questions,

Have anyone made something like this before using servos as the main motors?

Can I use a sonar to measure the angle of inclination, or is a better idea to use infrared transistors with their emitters to measure the angle?

thanks!!

Chris Savage

Here are a·couple of·Balancing Bot Projects (The second is my favorite):

http://www.tedlarson.com/robots/balancingbot.htm

http://www.geology.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robo/nbot/

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Chris Savage

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Forrest

Here's the self-balancing Lego robot that started it all - the Legway at

www.teamhassenplug.org/robots/legway/

Paul Baker

I was mulling over the idea of creating a bot (for the SX contest) which in itself is a stable platform (ie a standard 3 or more wheel bot) but had tilt sensors and accelerometer, so that when you placed it on a ball it would remain on top and could navigate in any direction without falling off. But I dropped the idea in favor of a more utilitarian application.

cabojoe

Just came across this www.balbots.com/

Chris Savage

Link doesn't seem to work for me...I'll try again later.



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Chris Savage

Knight Designs
324 West Main Street
P.O. Box 97
Montour Falls, NY 14865
(607) 535-6777

Business Page:·· http://www.knightdesigns.com
Personal Page:··· http://www.lightlink.com/dream/chris
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Chris Savage

Okay, hitting refresh several times it finally came up...Very interesting, except one thing...This unit cannot climb slopes due to the way it keeps it's balance...



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Chris Savage

Knight Designs
324 West Main Street
P.O. Box 97
Montour Falls, NY 14865
(607) 535-6777

Business Page:·· http://www.knightdesigns.com
Personal Page:··· http://www.lightlink.com/dream/chris
Designs Page:··· http://www.lightlink.com/dream/designs
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cabojoe

Looks like it would make a nice hamster Segway for level ground though...lol

Chris Savage

I hadn't thought of it that way!!!·

No doubt it's a nice concept, but I do have to admit a little disappointment when I got to the FAQ section and it said no inclines...Ah well...In all fairness, most places robots work don't have inclines anyway.



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Knight Designs
324 West Main Street
P.O. Box 97
Montour Falls, NY 14865
(607) 535-6777

Business Page:·· http://www.knightdesigns.com
Personal Page:··· http://www.lightlink.com/dream/chris
Designs Page:··· http://www.lightlink.com/dream/designs
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lunarknight

Try to make a pair of legs that can balance an inverted pendulum.

The inverted pendulum then can be replaced by the top part of the robot.