Teensy-LC and massive response wheel retains tightrope walker in stability

This inventor, James Bruton, had already created a few response wheels that assist a tool stability on the spot, and he thought this is perhaps the avenue to discover. Or the scaffolding pole to traverse, because it had been. It makes for a terrific watch.

He writes on YouTube:

“This can be a wheel which rotates and dynamically accelerates in both path primarily based on the angle of the system. Drive equals mass instances acceleration, so we solely get a response drive when the wheel is accelerating or altering path. However how large would a response wheel must be to assist me stability so I can stroll all the best way down the beam?”

The reply is large, or at the very least, heavier and heavier (30Kg in the long run).

Principally, a metal body, with 3D-printed brackets that connect on to a body rucksack, together with the principle response wheel itself (with additional, and additional, added metal bars for weight) and bearings and 3D printed pulleys to maneuver the wheel…

Not forgetting the Arduino-compatible 32-bit Teensy-LC (Low Price) devboard and the MPU-6050 inertial measurement unit (proper) on the coronary heart of the system.

And so, did the system assist him to navigate the tightrope efficiently? It did!

Take a look at the video beneath, and you may learn extra on the Arduino weblog, too, which highlighted this venture.

The CAD and code for James’s tasks will be discovered on Github.

See additionally: Enter the self-balancing Mega Hub Motor Electrical Unicycle!