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Re: Self-Balancing 2 Wheeled Robot

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Originally Posted by MikeWasHere05
I've decided to use a potentiometer connected to a "feeler" to sense the angle that the bot is at. Once I get that working, I'll buy some IR sensors and use those.
A feeler will work as long as the surface is flat and level. Without a true sense of "down", a Segway clone will want to accelerate downhill.