Hi, I would like to balance my motorcycle automatically when I come to a stoplight so that I don’t have to put my feet down. I am a mechanical engineer and am familiar with how to construct support structure and create a power source so that with all necessary components I can connect it appropriately to the motorcycle and connect power. But, I have no idea what components are required and what balancing mass is required etc etc etc. I also am hoping to not have to write software to make it work. With me on the bike, it’s going to weigh about 750lbs. It is not a requirement but would be nice if I could have the balancing electronics come on automatically, say at 5mph. I hope that you can help me. Thanks in advance.
You will definitely need to write code and add a weight which can move from left to right. The sensor can be a gyro / accelerometer / imu; an accelerometer can detect gravity and if it senses it’s not perfectly aligned along an axis, tell the microcontroller to compensate by moving the weight in the opposite direction. This means you will also need a motor and motor controller for the balancing weight. We suggest using either a motor with encoder or decently powerful servo motor. You would also need to program it to react only under a certain speed, and even so, you may want to move at a low speed going around curves, so you’d need to figure out exactly how and when you want the system to react.