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Uploaded by on Oct 20, 2008

This is a project for my MS in Mechanical Engineering at UC Irvine. The goal was to modify an existing remote controlled car so that it automatically balances and drives on two wheels. The attached AVR Butterfly microcontroller uses signals from a gyroscope and a potentiometer to control the steering of the car. The styrofoam and other padding was to protect the car from crashes. The copper tube was previously used to launch the car at a consistant angle. In the video I'm just controlling the throttle, not the steering.

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  • Nice job! This would actually be pretty cool on a small RC toy, or maybe even an add-on for the hobby market. You could supply it with a basic small ramp for getting the vehicle up on its side, but it would be super cool but unnecessary if you could actually initiate it the way some human stunt drivers can in vehicles with high centers of gravity, by just turning abruptly. In this mode the user should be able to give steering inputs and the car would do its best to keep from rolling. Nice. :)

  • thats cool

  • Congratulations, it seems very interesting

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