This robot has been designed to be open-source, that makes the thinking process a bit more outside-in

This also means I wrote a quite extensive document (How_to_make_MirrorBallBot.pdf), covering several aspects of the robot.

The final doument is about 150 pages long, organized in about 30 chapters and divided in into 4 main sections:

• Section 1: Introduction.
• Section 2: Make the robot.
• Section 3: Use the robot.
• Section 4: Useful (or interesting) info.

• Introduction:
  • Overview
  • Key innovations
  • Robot architecture
  • Blocks diagram
  • Safety and expectations management
• Make the robot:
  • BOM
  • Make the MirrorBallBot PCB
  • Make the wood base
  • Setup the Raspberry Pi 4B+ and the RP2040-Zero
  • First tests
  • Assemble the robot
• Use the robot:
  • GUI
• Info (my preferred part 😊, yet not strictly needed to build the robot):
  • Inspiration
  • Design process
  • Main innovations and main characteristics
  • Custom I2C protocol
  • PID balance Controller
  • Configuartion parameters
  • Troubleshooting
  • Q&A.

 The document can be downloaded from: link to How_to_make_MirrorBallBot.pdf