Self-balancing robot can't keep balance

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I am building self-balancing robot using modified code from YABR (Arduino project - Your Arduino Balancing Robot (YABR) - Part 3 - explaining the code - YouTube), although I use android app for remote control using Bluetooth instead of nunchuck and also not the same hardware and other parts:

Arduino Uno
MPU-6050
HC-06
2 A4988
2 NEMA 17 (12 V 0,5A 0,44Nm)
2 90x10 mm wheels
8 AA batteries(~ 12 V supply for stepper motor)

All in all, my project is very similar (software,hardware, placement of parts) to this one 2-wheel self balancing robot by using arduino and mpu6050 | self balancing robot - YouTube.

After many tries of changing PID values, I haven't found proper ones and my robot is still falling down.
I checked pitch angle calculation and it seems to be good, stepper motors also behaved as expected when I used simple programs for them with different step sizes (in self-balancing robot I use 0,45 deg. step size).

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Is there a question?

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Google "PID tuning" for general approaches to finding Kd, Ki, and Kp values that work for your project.

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jremington:
Google "PID tuning" for general approaches to finding Kd, Ki, and Kp values that work for your project.

Hey, can you give me advice about my project: Problem with balancing robot - Robotics - Arduino Forum

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See reply #2 above.

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jremington:
See reply #2 above.

Thanks, i solved my issue. But for me, changing the PID values wasn't enough, so i adding kalman and complementary filters and robot working normally.

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Cool approach!

Throw into the pot a sufficiency of random code fragments scrounged from the internet, twiddle the numbers and presto, it works!