Stabilizing robot on bridge with gyro or accelerometer

[ksafin]

Can't say I've read all these long posts but -

OP said to use a button that'll make the robot stop when in horizontal;

What about holding a button and the robot will automatically adjust itself to get into horizontal, and if it is in horizontal, it'll stay at 0?

Kind of like an auto-leveling application, instead of manual operation and leveling.

[RoboMaster]

Originally Posted by ksafin

OP said to use a button that'll make the robot stop when in horizontal;

What about holding a button and the robot will automatically adjust itself to get into horizontal, and if it is in horizontal, it'll stay at 0?

Yes, that's what we've been talking about. Simply said, the robot would sense if it is horizontal with a gyro or accelerometer (or both) and then stop moving.

I was giving an alternative to that in case the sensor implementation was too complicated, or as a backup if it never worked out, or if balancing was easy enough for the drivers to do it semi-manually.

[Team871ROBOTECH]

Hi there.

I thought maybe you could get some ideas for the concepts you might be thinking of from this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v5qmXsyFFw

[RoboMaster]

Originally Posted by Team871ROBOTECH

Hi there.

I thought maybe you could get some ideas for the concepts you might be thinking of from this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v5qmXsyFFw

Thanks, I'll check it out, see if anything is useful.