Inverted Pendulum Robot

This project features a simple two-wheel robot that has the ability to balance itself when it’s going to fall. The robot possesses a switch as a sensor that starts the motor and moves the robot to the direction it’s going fall, just like an inverted pendulum.

The first step is to assemble the moving part of the robot, connect the gears to the motor the shaft add the two wheels. Next, add the sheet of plastic to the motor and the batteries to the plastic sheet using some glue. Make sure you have a sensor, solder a button cell to the SPDT switch lever. The switch is to be glued to the robot body in such a way that the button cell touches the ground when the robot is in a vertical position.

The positive pole of one battery should be connected to the negative holder of the other battery using a wire. Then you attach the switch to it and the other side of the switch to the motor. The final step is to solder the wires in a way that makes the robot move in the direction it is falling.

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