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Stepping Balancer

A two-wheeled inverted pendulum robot controlled by a Nucleo board and driven by stepper motors.

  • Other
  • Open source
  • 3D printable

Suggested by Robotheca, created by @JunSotohigashi (opens in a new tab), from github.com/JunSotohigashi/stepping-balancer (opens in a new tab). Pinned to commit a1a6221 (opens in a new tab).

Photo and 3D model

Stepping Balancer, photo from its repository
Photo:@JunSotohigashi (opens in a new tab)MITsource file (opens in a new tab)

3D preview converted from github.com/JunSotohigashi/stepping-balancer at a1a6221, under MIT. View the original files from GitHub (7.0 MB) (opens in a new tab)

What it can do

Written by Robotheca from the project's documents.

  • Two-wheeled inverted pendulum (self-balancing) robot driven by stepping motors
  • Controlled by a Nucleo board

Bill of materials

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Build guide

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Guide by @JunSotohigashi (README.md), under MIT. The English translation is by Robotheca, shared under the same license.

Wiring and electronics

Notes written by Robotheca from the project's documents.

Main parts

  • Nucleo microcontroller board
  • Stepping motors for the two wheels