The nBot is a balancing robot built by David P. Anderson from simple parts.
It does a fairly good job of keeping itself upright against gravity and a
The nBot is a balancing robot built by David P. Anderson from simple parts.
It does a fairly good job of keeping itself upright against gravity and a few pokes from its creator.
Check out his robotics page :
http://www.geology.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robo/
And the nBot page :
http://www.geology.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robo/nbot/
Also...
Ever wanted a balancing scooter just like the Segway, but didn`t have the $5k+ to dish out for it?
Well, Trevor Blackwell decided to build his own from off the shelf parts.
Granted, it doesn`t have the safeguards of the original Segway or the stamina, and battery life, but quite a home project nonetheless.
Check out his site for more interesting stuff.
http://www.tlb.org
This Scooter page :
http://www.tlb.org/scooter.html
Version 2 with improvements that will give the original Segway a run for the money :
http://www.tlb.org/scooter2.html
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