Transforming to 2 wheel balancing robot

2020-04-05

This week's challenge was to attack the number one enemy of pneumatic robot - soft and porous surface. The most obvious example at home is a carpet. Here is a video demonstrating how naminukas can transform from walking mode to two wheel balancing robot mode:

Currently robot can only balance in place. Next steps are to tune PID for a better stability, implement movement control and think of a mechanism which would allow robot to transform between modes on its own without me holding it in the air. Also adding some kind of soft tires on 3D printed wheels should help robot not to slip on hard surfaces.

Previously:

3D printed pneumatic parts

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