Project definition

Introduction

The purpose of this project is to develop a self-balancing electric vehicle in a very limited time (9 weeks).

This project is one of the famous projects from the robotics & embedded systems course at Telecom ParisTech.

We are a Franco-Brazilian team of 4 students with different backgrounds: physics, electronics and computing.

The mission

• • Build a vehicle (using a kit from the zzaag project) that can be controlled by people riding it safely

  • Adapt it to be remotely controlled in order to transport non-human loads

Limitations

• • Maximum load : 90 kg

  • Maximum speed : 20km/h

  • Gravity center: the load must be as high as a human center

  • Common hazards & cliffs detection

  • User behavior: RoseWheel is supposed to detect dangerous configurations but we can't protect a kamikaze from himself

Security

• • Power limitation of the motors

  • Emergency stop:

    • Horizontal position (instantaneous motors stop)

    • Dead man's lock (quiet stop)

Deliverables

RoseWheel operational

Android application for remote control

This website