NXTway-GS (Self-Balancing Two-Wheeled Robot) Controller Design

NXTway-GS is a self-balancing two-wheeled robot built with LEGO Mindstorms NXT and a Hitechnic gyro sensor. This demo presents sample models and documents describe the following contents.

How to Build NXTway-GS
Mathematical Dynamics Model of NXTway-GS
Controller Design for Balance and Drive Control
NXTway-GS Model Illustration
Simulation and Experimental Results

You can simulate NXTway-GS model and generate controller program that can be executed on the NXT. You can watch the movies of NXTway-GS simulation and control experiment at the following URL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHPlGTLQHRc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ulBRQKCwd4

This demo uses Embedded Coder Robot NXT Demo as MBD environment. You need to download it from the following URL before trying this demo.

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/13399

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