PICO self-balancing robot
Hi guys, This is a modified PICO. This is one of my product prototypes. You will find in our online shop in few days.
I use Arduino and 2 ir SHARP distance sensors to give stability to the robot.
Here it is the original article:
(please click on the flag of your country to get the right traduction, it uses Google translate. If the traduction is not well, it's not my fault, but of Mountainview)
I have implemented PID algorithm (it works well look @ the 3rd video) you can find my little tutorial here:
Self balancing
- Actuators / output devices: microservos
- Control method: PID
- CPU: Arduino Duemilanove
- Operating system: none
- Power source: 4x AAA
- Programming language: wiring
- Sensors / input devices: Sharp IR
- Target environment: indoor on smooth surfaces