self balancing scooter

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hi.it's possible to build a full scale self balancing scooter with arduino and this sensors for robots?

thank you.

2

Yes.

http://diysegway.blogspot.com/

Andrew

3

Yep. just search for Arduino segway on google and you'll find several projects. Most will be self balancing robots but its easy to scale those up to a full sized scooter. As long as you have the money and resources to do it.

4

now the big and most important question...how much do u think will cost to build one?

5

Depends on what you can pull together.

This little video should answer allot of your questions.
http://revision3.com/systm/techshop

But it could cost you about $800 or more. Batteries and the motors are the main things.

6

andrew, thanks for the link.

I think it's a blog-tool-fail, but the code is corrupt as posted. I can't even figure out the intended code, due to the mangling. I expect it broke because there were some && in the code itself.

for (i = 0; i < j =" j" steeringzero =" analogRead(steerPin);" xzero =" j/100;" oldtime ="
micros();" time =" micros();">= (oldtime+5000)){

Others have left comments for the author to highlight the problem, but I found no public response to the problem. Too bad they have also removed their demo videos.

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ok..so i think first is best to start with a self balancing robot..to learn more about self balancing...and after maybe can start to build one full scale..

so..what i need to start?

this is what can i buy here
1 Arduino Duemilanove
2 MMA7260QT 3-Axis Accelerometer
3 LISY300AL Single-Axis Gyro with ±300°/s Range
4 do i need a Motor KIT Shield or simple driver motor?

what else do i need (without motors and wheels)?