Development and Control of a Two-wheeled Inverted Pendulum Robot

A Mechanical Engineering student seeks guidance on designing, building, and controlling a two-wheeled inverted pendulum robot with limited knowledge in electrical engineering and control systems. Responses suggest leveraging open-source projects such as the Elektor magazine's open source hardware and software platform for inverted pendulum robots, which provides schematics and control code that can be modified. Collaboration with electrical engineering students is recommended to address control system challenges. Additional resources include a Microchip application note on balancing robots and a simple analog balancing robot design using a 555 timer and CDS cells, which avoids microcontroller complexity. The analog design employs AC light tube pulsing for electronic control. Discussions also consider mechanical approaches like driving two servos in parallel, though questions arise about the balancing mechanism and the role of wheel radius and body weight distribution in stability.
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