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Originally posted by MrB
I had a couple of student try to get a balancing platform working. Their goal was design a home built segway.

This link takes you to the current web site:

http://wihs.no-ip.com:8181/~willum/craigway.htm


Currently the platform will increase speed in the direction of tilt but the drive train is not yet strong enough to support a human rider. The rider must support his/her own balance.

All we were able to demonstrate is that the FKOP gyro/robot controller can be programmed to respond appropriately to a tilt provided by the rider.

We plan on working on a metal version with CIM motors this fall and spring (in the "off-season, if one really exists)

What the project does not yet do is "hold balance".

That is an immediate goal once we get the new platform working.

If you have programming questions e-mail the creator of the web site, he was our lead programmer and has spent many hours working on this project.
So what you are saying is that IF you had a stronger drive train that it could balance a human?
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