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hoverbot

A simple off-road capable balancing robot

josh-pieperJosh Pieper
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ROBOT balancer moteus

This project was created on 05/30/2024 and last updated 2 years ago.

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I've been fascinated by balancing machines for years, but haven't managed to make one that worked well until now. This is a dirt simple build that uses two moteus-c1's to drive two surplus hoverboard motors. A pi3hat is used for the IMU and CAN-FD, and a cordless drill battery provides power. It can drive for hours on a single charge, and can operate on a reasonably wide variety of terrain, considering it has rigid tires and no suspension!

All source and 3d prints on GitHub under an Apache 2.0 License: https://github.com/mjbots/hoverbot

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    Josh Pieper • 06/06/2024 at 17:45 • 0 comments

    And I've got a text version with slightly different detail written up here: https://jpieper.com/2024/06/06/hoverbot/

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