Gyroscopic Stabilization of a Self-Balancing Robot Bicycle

Pom Yuan Lam; Tan Kian Sin

doi:10.20965/ijat.2011.p0916

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IJAT Vol.5 No.6 pp. 916-923

doi: 10.20965/ijat.2011.p0916

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Gyroscopic Stabilization of a Self-Balancing Robot Bicycle

Pom Yuan Lam and Tan Kian Sin

Nanyang Polytechnic, 180 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 Singapore 569830

Received:

April 13, 2011

Accepted:

October 18, 2011

Published:

November 5, 2011

Keywords:

bicycle, Control Moment Gyro (CMG), realtime, control and FPGA

Abstract

This paper reports the design and development of a self-balancing bicycle using off-the-shelf electronics. A self-balancing bicycle is an unstable nonlinear system similar to an inverted pendulum. Experimental results show the robustness and efficiency of the proportional plus derivative controller balancing the bicycle. The system uses a control moment gyroscope as an actuator for balancing.

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P. Lam and T. Sin, “Gyroscopic Stabilization of a Self-Balancing Robot Bicycle,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.5, No.6, pp. 916-923, 2011.

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[1] [1] A V. Beznos, A. M. Formalsky, E. V. Gurfinkel, D. N. Jicharev, A. V. Lensky, K. V. Savitsky et al., “Control of autonomous motion of two-wheel bicycle with gyroscopic stabilization,” In:Proc. of the IEEE int. conf. on robotics and automation, p. 2670-5, 1998.

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