Building the Balancing Robot Building a balancing robot involves several steps, starting with assembling the hardware. The Arduino Pro Mini is connected to the MPU-6050 sensor and the stepper motors.

The miniscule size of this self-balancing robot makes it a cool project. It actually uses the motor and wheels from a small toy car. But when you look into how the balancing act is performed it ...

The self balancing robot is equipped with two Lego NXT motors and the open source Hippo-ADK board connects to a Android smartphone or tablet to provide extra processing power and functionality.

Want to get your feet wet with a self-balancing robot? Check out this simple design using an Arduino and stepper motors.