[XCSSA] Stumbling robot...

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

Oh man that's super awesome! You'll have to bring this guy in when you  
have it finished! That's gotta be a site to see in person...

On Jan 12, 2009, at 3:28 PM, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio  
wrote:

> I have seen a few of these self balancing robots made with the Basic
> Stamp but not with the Propeller.
> So here is my version of the so called "Inverse Pendulum" robot...
>
> Still need some tweaking but it looks like it's doable...
> There is no gyro or accelerometer on the bot, in stead there is an  
> ultra
> sonic distance sensor that measures the distance to the floor and  
> tries
> to keep the balance that way.
> The distance is measure every 20 ms and then a PID control is used to
> control the motors.
>
> Pretty fun weekend project...
>
> Picture,
> http://i385.photobucket.com/albums/oo298/fsafstrom_2008/100_0091.jpg
>
> Video,
> http://s385.photobucket.com/albums/oo298/fsafstrom_2008/?action=view&current=100_0104.flv
>
> /Fredrik
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