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Worlds Smallest Balancing Robot? MiniPIDDY

Pushing the limits of tiny robotics - MiniPIDDY is a miniturized version of my PIDDYbot - a Self Balancing Robot.

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One of my first projects was a self balancing robot that used an IR sensor to determine its upright position. It was featured on HaD long ago and was actually smaller that this guy. This one, however, is much better at balancing. Simply put, board consists of a ATMEGA32u4 a MPU-6050 and a motor driver. The body is 3D printed, and the motors are tiny little 26:1 geared motor. It uses a PID control strategy to balance. Its the ultimate desk toy. There is bluetooth, but I don't like the module I chose, going to change it to something more simple.

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ATmel91 wrote 06/11/2020 at 08:36 • point

buddy i love your work but you can't just post a project and leave us hanging like this

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NikolaDi wrote 08/19/2018 at 08:23 • point

please?Is there any documentation?

sch code...

thanks

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Richard Hogben wrote 05/27/2016 at 22:11 • point

Is there a video?

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Sean Hodgins wrote 05/30/2016 at 15:38 • point

This should tide you over until I make a better video.

https://vine.co/v/OUwrqYE6jHV/embed/simple

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oshpark wrote 06/27/2016 at 07:05 • point

Very cool!

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Bruce wrote 05/10/2016 at 00:18 • point

What are you using for wheels?

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jacksonliam wrote 06/27/2016 at 21:43 • point

Looks like the tiny wheels and motors pololu sell. 

https://www.pololu.com/product/2357

Not ridiculously cheap but not overpriced either!

Though there's a big warning about not stalling the motors so not sure if this is really the right application for them! Perhaps with current limiting it'll be OK... 

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deʃhipu wrote 05/08/2016 at 23:58 • point

This is a very nice robot! All it misses is a pair of goggly eyes and some hair!

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Michael Vowles wrote 05/10/2016 at 12:24 • point

+1 for googly eyes

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