The Arduino does its mathemagic and then uses a motor controller to drive the reaction wheels at the correct speeds. [Mike] mentions that he didn’t do anything too fancy with the dynamic model ...

The Arduino does its mathemagic and then uses a motor controller to drive the reaction wheels at the correct speeds. Continue reading “Stick Balances Itself With Reaction Wheels”→ ...

Not forgetting the Arduino-compatible 32-bit Teensy-LC (Low Cost) devboard and the MPU-6050 inertial measurement unit (right) at the heart of the system. And so, did the device help him to navigate ...

Explore a single-axis self-balancing reaction wheel inverted pendulum, a fascinating challenge in control theory. Built with only Lego parts for the structure and motor, this unstable system uses ...

Instructables member “Lingib” has created a awesome Arduino powered Omni Wheel CNC pen plotter, powered by an Arduino Uno and Bluetooth module allowing the system to receive commands via a ...

Maybe offering a musician a goofy gift like a wheel of cheese is a feta idea than something that would put the performer in danger.

LAFAYETTE, Colo. (April 7, 2025) — RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, Blue Canyon Technologies, introduces its largest reaction wheel to date, the ...

The Arduino people are certainly keeping busy! We wrote earlier in the week about the image sensing capability of the Arduino-friendly Pixy, and now here comes a robot... It runs on two wheels and has ...

The Swift Observatory’s science instruments went into safe mode after a possible reaction wheel failure. Pointed science observations are temporarily suspended while the team investigates the issue.

The Arduino car simulator has been created as part of their final project at t EDN and is capable of capturing video from a camera equipped remote-control vehicle which is then displayed on a ...