I Built a Ball Balancing Robot

In this video, I'll explain how I created a ball-balancing robot that's able to move a ball around in different patterns.
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[@N8rBeans]

bro im not gonna lie i thought i was watching a video from someone with like 1+ mill subs until i saw below. ur content is insane keep up the amazing work also ur a genius

[@AaedMusa]

🙏🙏

[@Max-wm2gy]

Same hahahhaa

[@TheMrJackzilla]

Same here

[@birdie8085]

Exactly

[@13lueSouL]

just a matter of time with this quality of content

[@DarthLoI]

PUT A BEYBLADE ON IT!!!

[@teknobalance]

+1

[@twistedsteel6290]

It would be cool to map the screen of your phone to the surface of the balancer and then use touch location to change the target location of the ball so you could move your finger around and have the ball motion match it

[@fluffyflunk]

Or you could have a recording mode where you draw a shape on the surface with the ball and then the machine repeats that drawing.

[@cameronmadalone3849]

yesss that would be so cool

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[@Selfishboyo]

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[@Selfishboyo]

@@sandstorm7883 Oh, that's good

[@LimabeanStudios]

This might be the first project I actually end up making after watching a video. I want two smaller versions of these moving around a tracking passing the ball back and fourth.

[@ErikPelyukhno]

That sounds like a really fun challenge!

[@jlumley]

That's exactly what i was thinking multiple pads, playing catch.

[@dr.angerous]

Where is your shit u trash liar shit

[@techchrism]

Absolutely incredible video and by far the best project of this type that I've seen

[@AaedMusa]

Appreciate it!

[@oksje]

​@@AaedMusa won't be balanced anymore after I devour that ball

[@juestone]

Put a screen under it that draws a line wherever a ball moves like a tracer. It’ll make the patterns look so much more like patterns instead of the robot trying to balance it awkwardly. Anyway nice job!

[@robbymrodrigez]

Would you consider doing a PID project where the constants are controlled by potentiometers? It could be cool to be able to see the working values physically represented and watching the platform's reaction as you change the values in real time.

[@tristanfirepro]

That’s actually fairly easy to do! You just have to do a series of PID op amps and change the resistors to POTs.

[@BobofWOGGLE]

​@@tristanfirepro don't mean to dump on you but pots isn't an initialism or acronym, it's just short for potentiometers. few if any will be offended if you don't capitalize it.

[@porn72]

wtf is this nerd bs lmao

[@tristanfirepro]

​@@BobofWOGGLE I'm not sure what I was on when I typed that comment haha. I think I must've felt the need to capitalize another three letter word after PID! Anyway, it gets the point across. Most schematics have POT as a reference designator anyways so it's difficult to be confused with anything else. Thanks for the heads up!

[@medienmond]

Awesome. Really awesome what you did there. As a IT professional and senior software engineer i have to give my upmost respect to you and the result of your work. The Idea, design and development - time consuming, 3D-modelling - not as simple as pi, electrical concept and wiring - advanced stuff and not easy, the basic programming to get it run - wow, many coworkers i had in my lifetime we'e not able to do even basics like that, Getting the final movements to perform like that - a masterpiece - finally making a video that rocks - Take a deep look into KZbin and have no luck finding a technical project with such a presentation. Even If you simplified at many places, i really like what you have done. My own awesome projects get never really documented or even made public, with just myself being the only one having fun with these things when i get to see and use them. I hope to See from you again, as these minutes watching and writing were totally worth it.

[@dannylumcreative]

Dude really impressive. You made the engineering so digestible! Subbed instantly keep it up

[@YMilkshake]

I was like "wouldn't you be able to program different shapes the ball could move in on it's own? And then the madman actually did it! Sick video, very well structured and easy to follow :D

[@dr.unventor]

This is so cool! The touch pad was a really smart way of finding the ball’s position

[@Nonsense116]

Incredible video. So many maker channels don't mention the details at all and I'm left with more questions than answers. I love how you included the math and design process in the video. Really cool video, I subscribed.

[@ehrix4468]

I’m learning engineering in college but idk if I could even fathom learning what was said in this video. It sounded like knowledge that would take me over 4 years to learn. Amazing info and video!

[@maciejtanski5302]

Like u just did something a person could write their Engineering Thesis to pas the studies in like less than 10 minutes film. Like bro. Legendary

[@lolvks]

I hope you continue to refine the design! Such a thing would make for an amazing desk toy.

[@thinkingthing4851]

Amazing stuff, can't wait to dive into PID for my projects ! You showed me the possibilities, thanks!

[@LIGIENCE]

Just found out my video is recommended the most by this video, and i just recently discovered you. I love the quality, and you're an inspiration for me

[@belfonzus]

It's so mesmerising watching the ball dancing on the platform. Fantastic stuff!

[@MurdockEx]

This made me think about old CRT monitors paired with light pens for a faux touch screen and the idea of a heavy and dangerous CRT tilting back and forth on loud mechanics brings me joy. But also fantastic work, writing and editing. Absolutely amazing.

[@costacoffee4life665]

This is so cool and a perfect combination of applied further mathematic, CAD Design and EE. This looks like a huge step up from your previous prototype in terms of accuracy and resolution. Its evident that changing the rotor from 200 -> 3200 steps, makes a big difference in functionality and accuracy, delivering 0.1125° of precision vs 1.8°. As an EE student, this video has given me a few ideas to carry into other projects.

[@0osk]

Awesome video! I would have never thought to use a touchscreen to track the ball. That's such an elegant solution.

[@rijden-nu]

I cannot imagine the amount of work that went into just editing this video :o Let alone the amount of work in the actual product. This is absolutely amazing!

[@Arnogorter]

Thanks for making this available open source... this may just become my summer project! Excellent video!

[@jean-danieldeschenes7379]

This is awesome quality work there, thanks for the video and I hope to see more of your projects!

[@andreyrumming6842]

Ngl as awesoem as this is (And congrats getting it working as well as you did), the most brain tickling part of it is how when you turn on the balancing plate, the entire plate lifts up ready for the ball. I can't explain why, but that very tiny detail tickles my brain just right

[@dcmodderful]

very nice choice of music. love this song and concept.

[@willw2596]

This is so cool. Thanks for sharing the process of building it.

[@NeonyxBlue]

This is really cool!! I've never seen a unique idea that is this creative and functional!

[@chaggart5]

This is quite excellent thank you for not cutting the super satisfying ball motion at the end short. All you needed to make this even better than it already was is some contrived reason to move the ball on the platform. Maybe it follows your mouse during an intense gaming session, Maybe it follows your position on a court while you play tennis. Maybe you need to follow the path of a figure skating performance. You were one element away from this being an even more incredibly viral hit. That is of course only my opinion. Subscribed can't wait for more.

[@kavorka8855]

I’m blown away! I love your right to the point explanations! You’re awesome!

[@gnorts_mr_alien]

very satisfying and very good explanation of the project. subbed!

[@twip7502]

bro why is it so high quality and lowkey like calming unlike most other engineering videos out there

[@Londrino]

I was working on a similar project for an electronics class back in college, it's good to see someone else using the resistive touch pad as well instead of a camera. Mine never worked properly because I didn't know anything about PID's, but I'm glad I wasn't totally on a dead end.

[@elliotmarks06]

Super cool! Definitely an improvement over the last design.

[@catdisc5304]

That ending was hilarious, when it yeeted the ball off and started celebrating like a caveman who just discovered how to make fire. Definitely worth a sub, might get some inspiration to continue one of my many benched projects

[@aytviewer2421]

Beyond impressive! This was fantastically awesome engineering.

[@dumbtex6107]

Really cool project! Very cool display of calculus too, I still need to learn it. Would love to see your take on a balancing pendulum or robot arm holding something spinning.

[@AlexMVW10]

The production value on this video from a guy with less then 8k subscribers is absolutely insane, keep qt it brother! Very interesting, educational video!!

[@pamhunametalle9152]

"less then 8k"? ..day ago?

[@AlexMVW10]

​@pamhunametalle9152 yes it was less then 8k when I commented that, so the fact that it's now 9.5k is crazy, and you know what it's well deserved!

[@txikitofandango]

Excellent project and video

[@adilsongoliveira]

Man, loved this project and the rest of your content, we need more channels like yours. Subscribed!

[@mahmga1]

Phew, a really great result, well put together, seems like something a very seasoned maker would put out.

[@carlosruizmora3111]

And I was happy because I was able to implement a state machine that worked like a charm in an atmega328pb microcontroller... when I grow up I want to be like Aaed! This is very inspiring work. There is a lot I still need to learn!!!

[@GoGetFletch]

Great engineering, design and problem solving. Well done.

[@Max-wm2gy]

Amazing video! Love the way you handled the position detection. Do you consider making tutorial for the Electronic part?

[@AaedMusa]

Not a tutorial but I made an instructable linked in the description with schematics and instructions.

[@richardscholler6048]

Thank you for sharing! Awesome project

[@benjaminsteakley]

I love how you make everything dance

[@ricksface]

Great video, great project. Thank you.

[@mikevanin1]

Beautiful! Well done, Aaed!

[@matthewlind3102]

so good man! very clean. thanks for keeping the video tight. very well done my man

[@ivangutowski]

Love the colour scheme, and holy darn your knowledge !

[@ydoucare55]

Great work and great presentation and walkthrough of how it works. Subscribed.

[@grillpig3860]

I really love to see such amazing engineering. :D

[@spasticjackson9578]

Well done... the project and the video !!!!

[@karimhabsi6508]

This brings back memories. I did an almost exact thing in university using analogue circuits, that was 26 years a go.

[@tristanp763]

This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while!

[@neetones]

Must be pretty cool to be a straight up genius.

[@Engineezy]

Awesome project, really well executed! And the video is also great!

[@AaedMusa]

Thanks! Big fan of your videos

[@gorgolyt]

So satisfying, great job.

[@mikeg3660]

Amazing work and results … subscribed

[@jjmelo]

Sweet project dude. Keep up the good work!

[@VonderBoob]

Amazing. Would be nice to see that last series of shapes from directly above the platform.

[@igibomba]

This channel is underrated. Great video bro, I wish your channel grows!

[@fx_jaguar8743]

awesome video man keep up the good work!!

[@toreole5831]

Incredibly well done

[@MrStarlightt]

wow, i want to start doing that my self, absolutely amazing

[@daveblack9105]

I would love to see longer videos of your projects with a more detailed breakdown and instruction on what you do, for example working through the math in this ball balancer, or doing the coding. Your projects are great and i would love to try some of them :-)

[@AaedMusa]

Thanks! While it would be nice to do deep dives into the code and equations, I'll lose a lot of the audience's attention.

[@daveblack9105]

@@AaedMusa I don't think so at all. People can just watch another of your videos if it's not for them, but I think anyone watching these sorts of things will be naturally curious to understand more. Perhaps you could do a poll video and ask if people want more detailed videos - get them to vote in the comments ...

[@LogInValid]

I look forward to the next video! Great work!

[@BackForwardPunch]

Amazing work! Really cool to see it behave that way! Impressive math skills!

[@peteasmr2952]

That sweet dreams beat made me so happy! What a cool project!

[@faqeerhasnain]

Awesome work man, Subscribed.

[@adithmart]

Fascinating! Well done sir. It is not often that I come across a gifted mind. You are indeed special.

[@ssbmPi]

That's awesome man, cheers to your oncoming success

[@Mrqwerty2109]

Well done man! This content is freaking amazing!

[@einsteinisawesome9554]

Chanells definitely going places, such a relaxed tone and atmosphere

[@username5218]

pretty cool, i am an electrical engineering student and i've just learned about PID systems. this is a reason why i want to learn it

[@edwin5419]

Concept, execution, editing, on point. Subbed

[@ehsam8202]

this dude is insanely smart. its criminal he only has 10k subs. dont stop grinding man ur gonna be on top soon

[@tigertoo01]

Very cool! Interesting we did learn the Basics back in Highschool to be able to do all this but never had the hardware to experiment.

[@UnexpectedMaker]

That's a fantastic result !

[@mgjk]

I love seeing the iteration from the previous version. I wonder if this new method can be combined with the optical technique to solve those ball rolling mazes?

[@OlegSanjiev]

I bow to my knee, master! Your creation is perfect! Thank you for the inspiration!

[@havelsand]

Nice video and excellent explanations. 👍

[@westonkofford6110]

This would be such a cool desk toy.... It has so many other cool uses as well

[@Badge124]

This is awesome! Immediately subbed!

[@debarjo]

Brill man brill!!! Lov-a this-a!!!! Only that the Tetris meme, threw my attention every time "ball balancing" came up!

[@AhmedAymanM]

Very nice content in engineering with software + hardware, keep up!

[@BrigadierPickles]

I also subscribed to your channel because it looked nice. Seriously awesome work!

[@suomi35]

This is truly amazing.

[@benfreeman9717]

Nicely done.

[@kevinwoodrobotics]

Great work! It would be possible to simulate and tune this in simulation and speed up the tuning process. Although easier than it sounds, building up that pipeline would help immensely for future tuning projects. Keep it up

[@sharonc3211]

bro deserves way more subs with this amount of quality

[@Wrackey]

Awesome work! Loved the ending ;D Subbed!

[@paulbizard3493]

Beautiful ! Nice job. 👍👍👍

[@ALI922406]

Hey bro, thank you very much for sharing this. You are indeed a genius. Keep up the good work!

[@Ali_Pxll]

V2 is a badass, 8:03 he's doing V1 moves when it tries to center the ball, but he's doing it "Deliberately"

[@ehhehh4049]

This is so cool. It is cool to see math from classes I'm taking being used in a project.

[@etmax1]

Exceptionally well executed

[@dengan699]

very cool, congrats, impressive!

[@Not_a_JK]

ur content deserves more views, Keep up ur good work

[@omarhaitham6673]

this is one of the rare vids that made me smile keep it up buddy