[EV3] Tutorial for Self-Balancing Robot

[Jim]

Laurens Valk has posted an elaborate tutorial on building your own self-balancing robot on his blog.

Check out the full article.

[Holodoc]

This is sooo cool!

I can't wait to open my EV3 ... on Christmas.

I definitely will have to check this out then

But is it possible to build this with a pure EV3? The movie states you have to have a gyro sensor (where to buy?) or an Education Core Set.

[Jim]

You will indeed need a gyro sensor. Bricklink will probably have some sellers.

[Philo]

You can also get LEGO gyro from shop@home and Laurens' balancing robot can also use Hitechnic gyro.

Edited July 1, 2014 by Philo

[legolijntje]

Well, this (older) model is a segway type model that doesn't use a gyro. I don't know if the performence is as good as with a gyro, but it works.

But, it would be nice to buy a gyro anyway, because gyro sensors are just fun Not only for Lego.

[Kelkschiz]

I love it! Wish i had an EV3.

[Tommy Styrvoky]

cool idea , the gyro sensor can be purchased from legoeducation too

https://shop.education.lego.com/legoed/education/LEGO+MINDSTORMS+Education+EV3/EV3+Gyro+Sensor/45505&isSimpleSearch=false

[anton1678]

I tried to make one with an ultrasonic sensor with nxt...

But I suck at programming the thing, I messed it up in that part

[Doc_Brown]

I have a hitechnic one, do you think I could adapt this to NXT2.0? I built a balancing robot before but could not make it controllable. :(

Thanks for sharing Jim!

Edited July 2, 2014 by Doc_Brown

[Philo]

I tried to make one with an ultrasonic sensor with nxt...

I don't thnk it's possible to do that with NXT US-sensor: response time is too high (12ms) and resolution too low (1cm) to allow this.

I have a hitechnic one, do you think I could adapt this to NXT2.0? I built a balancing robot before but could not make it controllable. :(

Have you tried Gus code available at Hitechnic? It works pretty well!

[afoldad]

I have a hitechnic one, do you think I could adapt this to NXT2.0? I built a balancing robot before but could not make it controllable. :(

You mean the hitechnic gyro sensor, right? The builder that created EV3 self-balancing robot created a NXT version. Here's the link: http://robotsquare.com/2012/02/12/tutorial-building-segway/

[Holodoc]

I just ordered the gyro sensor.

(together with the free CS figure and the Chima giveaway I couldn't resist.)