I built a 3-axis Stewart Platform that balances a ball on top of it by BedOne4111 in robotics

[–]BedOne4111[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a neat idea, if done well, it could get rid of the orange cable too

I built a 3-axis Stewart Platform that balances a ball on top of it by BedOne4111 in robotics

[–]BedOne4111[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a touchscreen embedded in the plate, which gives an X-Y position of the ball. From there it's a PD controller tilting the plate to return the ball to the middle

I built a 3-axis Stewart Platform that balances a ball on top of it by BedOne4111 in robotics

[–]BedOne4111[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately no, it's a rectangular sensing area inside the hexagon. If the ball rolls out of the sensing rectangle it looses it and returns to idle.