LEGO Remote Control Monowheel

My custom built motorized, steerable, remote control LEGO Monowheel. I originally started making this as a proof of concept for a LEGO BB8 droid model.
It is controlled using the 2 Power Functions M Motors and a counter weight based propulsion/steering system.
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Thanks for watching!
Jason

[@Cake_Sauce]

At the beginning, you think, "hey this looks pretty good!" Then it shows it breaking down the stairs. Imagine if car commercials worked the same.

[@aarondj6061]

Tesla Cybertruck....lmao

[@pmj_studio4065]

@@aarondj6061 *breaking the stairs*

[@aarondj6061]

@@pmj_studio4065 Well I'm not sure if cars perform well on stairs but it certainly would break down the stairs 😂

[@kino_61]

I think volvo's ads were like this some time ago

[@user-ev3bh2rg2o]

🤣

[@stoltheds7698]

the steering system blew my mind :o

[@josephmiller6129]

yesitdid​

[@jackofallspades98]

The problems you mentioned about this model are things that I would have NO idea how to fix, but it seems like you already have some ideas for improvements. Just shows how good you are at working with LEGO. I'm excited to see an improved model of this, but even the way it is now is pretty neat!

[@Maukustus]

General kenobi.

[@darxy_8128]

Hello There

[@axelosdcastlechristo1212]

General Grievous.

[@bulletgrievous]

I've been trained in your jedi arts by count dooku

[@towatchvideos5592]

When I saw the stairs, I was like " It can seriously go down stairs?!'. I now know to not raise my hopes too high.

[@KandiKlover]

It did go down them though. Just didn't make it out in one piece.

[@supern0v477]

Kandi Klover Reference to the SpaceX booster failures compilation?

[@MrLexhoya]

Wonderful system. I would like to suggest a servo for steering. If you use either remote, click reset/let go and it centers.

[@nielsencs]

good idea :)

[@josephwheal6909]

I was just gonna suggest a servo motor. I think that's the best and easiest way to do it.

[@alpha77productions22]

Complete LEGO BB-8 incoming?

[@MrPABLOplay]

I hope :)

[@Idkkkkkkkkkk12345]

I do hope

[@matthistauritzbakker1992]

lol

[@Avohkii]

I would love that!

[@DesignJunkie58]

I am so looking forward to a second prototype!!! YES

[@Vykk_Draygo]

Yeah, as soon as I saw the steering solution, I realized how much of a pain it would be. Self-centering is pretty much a must! Still, awesome design. Loved the video.

[@Green24152]

should add some springs so it won't get PWNED by stairs

[@crocogile2352]

Owned?

[@dodderss]

Luke Wood uhu

[@danielsteger8456]

where do you put the springs?

[@nicholas7588]

69 likes cool

[@hausflur4453]

Hello there! - General Kenobi!

[@alimahdi6379]

I'm glad you decided to make changes in the future because there is no way you can make them in the past. Nice work just the same.

[@SkyePie]

I knew it was a good idea to subscribe to you.

[@nielsencs]

absolutely!

[@scarletlightning565]

Been binging your other videos all day. Great to see a new one. First thing I thought was 'LEGO BB-8 in the future?' Would love to see instructions or even a LEGO Creations kit :)

[@mxhddr]

Hah. Bing. What a funny joke.

[@scarletlightning565]

typo. I'll take it though :P

[@captaincoconut3031]

That furry icon tho lol jk its a cool icon better than those crappy roblox icons

[@XGaming1]

ScarletLightning565 it's basically a lego ollie

[@bennettgraff7883]

I tried to make a monowheel a while back but I couldn't get it to work out, nice job, this is awesome

[@srivishnusaravanakumar6605]

WOW ive been trying to make something like this for such a long time and your weight mechanism for STEERING is ingenious, i thought about it for making it move forward but STEERING. good job!!!

[@gscottbB]

I saw it headed for the stairs and my eyes widened, just in time to laugh out loud at the first drop. That was great. Well done & keep them coming.

[@letsbrick1616]

It is cool. It would be interesting to see improved version of the wheel.

[@johnnains195]

Cracking device ! And the steering-mechanism is so simple, I couldn't think about a so cool idea !

[@Marcomarcom]

So easy but also so cool! It's so easy that this wheel drives, but to have this idea, well done!!!

[@yoghurtlord1745]

Talk aboot an underrated channel...

[@rsahadi1975]

It is really great what you have come up with and thank you for detailing how it works! Sharing your knowledge with the Lego community is very noble thing. I really appreciate learning different building techniques from you. Thank you!

[@Jonathan2222Dark]

Really awesome! Now make it look like BB-8 from the Star Wars!

[@Nexturz]

You should be working at NASA developing space ships

[@joeyaktosh8294]

lego space ships

[@Idkkkkkkkkkk12345]

+JoeyAktosh ikr

[@8bits-pt]

The question is. Do they make space rated LEGOs?

[@dr.blauerkraut]

+Bruno Ferreira they do build some of their blueprints in LEGO, to test the concept!

[@nheeson7075]

I know it's so cool

[@Okotin]

I love that turning mechanism!

[@ErGiuPUNTO]

i have no idea how this would translate into lego, but you could look up gyroscopes and the conservation of angular momentum. It would make a more stable machine and more accurate steering...amazing work nonetheless

[@Leon024]

Damn it must be sturdy to survive going down stai- oh nevermind

[@dodoubleg182]

"It's a good day for some mayhem" -Junk Rat

[@Felix-un7wh]

Fire in the hole

[@barebos]

Again a great idea and wonderful execution on the design of the ball. For the first version it already looks good. To centre the counter weight you could use a PF servo with a small liftarm attached to move the counter weight. Press the red button on the remote and the counter weight will centre. And like mentioned before in the comments is to use a Sbrick. This gives faster control over the fast moving ball compared to the train remote. Good luck on improving this idea. Although it has been done before this is the best RC ball I have seen so far.

[@WombatSlug]

Loved the product placement, Jason! I'm always impressed to see what you come up with!

[@geraldcacascreations5503]

It's just a matter of "when" you can finish it. Thanks a lot for sharing this man!!!!

[@nielsencs]

Great stuff. Just a thought... for the BB8 you won't have the tipping too far and falling over problem as he's spheroidal (ooo fancy word!) :)

[@forentertainment3259]

I Absolutely love the way it turns!

[@crispinshipp2624]

love the steering system i did not think it would be that

[@roxyroller25]

clever use of how motor weight is use for the steering

[@francenkovcan5211]

Intro gives me "when your friends find you in prop hunt" vibes

[@static9602]

this is something i would se in a future movie

[@countjuggula1572]

Count Juggula approves this build! Also it seems you are rotating a dial for the counterweight to function, use an axle rod in the hole and one of the peices that were on the Bohrok sets that were eyes so that it always points to where the central balance point is. KUTGW!

[@brssnkl]

Just a quick idea for focus in the video: Position the object by hand at distance it's gonna be away from the camera when it's moving and focus the camera, then disable auto focus. This way when the object is of the frame and just passes by for a short time, camera won't focus on the walls.

[@revsowan]

For some reason, I found the monowheel cute when it was moving, and it was hilarious when it fell down the stairs. I dont know why.

[@Ryan-in3ot]

I suggest using a servo motor to steer instead of an m motor, the servo motor can be attached by an axle out of the front of it and when you turn the wheel in one direction it will spin up to 90 degrees in that direction and doing your weight based turning, then it will be easier to control ( you spin the wheel on the controller to spin the wheel thingy) AND it will have self center (red button)

[@LexFloyd]

You are really becoming a filmmaker as well, Jason :) That leg-shot was hilarious and perfectly cut! Also thought the introduction was well-paced overall. Great work as always

[@JKBrickworks]

Cool, thanks!

[@dimebagshane]

you're absolutely brilliant this channel is extremely underrated. give this man awards!

[@jermainburnett8594]

that is so cool you builded a lego Remote control Monowheel is control by the motor to.

[@SouthernGinger]

Very cool, nice work! Good editing.

[@SilentSamurai73]

This is so weird I like it.

[@sebasticbaui1073]

Here's an idea for steering. You could use the same motor for a method used frequently in a game called Besiege. Some weights are attached to a motorized wheel on the edges. The wheel is made horizontal rather than vertical. When the vehicle moves forward, that weighted wheel spins rapidly in the necessary direction. As the creation moves forward, the wheels slightly "slip" and change the creation's orientation.

[@JKBrickworks]

That's a really interesting idea. Will definitely need to file away for some future project, even if it doesn't work out for this one.

[@cameronfink7325]

xX_BassBass_Xx that's not a bad idea

[@DieSkinlosen]

That's a gyroscope.

[@brendavanhouten8557]

xX_BassBass_Xx qwertyuiopasdfghjkl🔊🔊

[@Giraffiti]

xX_BassBass_Xx, gyroscoping (what it's called in Besiege and real life) isn't possible with low rpms. Gyro's must spin fast and probably only the XL motor is capable if sort of working. Just so you know, Besiege physics are heavily modded usually and all gyros in Besiege use mods to have a ridiculous speed of like x200 while the game max is x2.

[@05374]

"ENEMY R.A.P.S. INBOUND!"

[@omarshaikh5455]

Even though this "BB-8" looks like a work in progress, it looks like a good representation of Wheel Kirby.

[@joekusmer5246]

coolest thing ive ever seen

[@agonymouse]

For a self centering mechanism, you could attach something to the remote to mark where the mono wheel would be strait up.

[@0sca_rhill610]

his builds could become sets there so good

[@springtrapthepixelatedspri2793]

This. Is. Genious.

[@umtpz]

Nice way to steer. may put some weight to the sides and elevate them in their counter direction. Whenever left one moves to up, right will go down (like an "H" with turning part is the center and sides moves vertical in opposite direction). decent weight will lean that thing to the side i guess

[@DrRandomStranger]

nice job! why not work with two separate counterweights? if you steer the left, it will move to the left. if you steer both, it will go forward. some students at my former school buildt a monowheel like this.

[@ZoraHimself]

Now put some spikes on that, and yourself Junkrat

[@jakcn00]

Wow Nice lego wheel

[@gabrieldelvo4687]

Nice work!

[@adriendizon8117]

This Concept is amazing!!!!!!!! IT's So COOL!!!!!

[@monadoboy9639]

This is awesome I always love your creations they are so unique

[@matthewrafael1235]

your house is full of a work-self lego. i like it !! :)

[@schwaggs717]

he gets my vote from a master builder award

[@Vicious713]

What if the steering mechanism was sort of like a pendulum? The weight beneath a motorized pivot, so it'd attempt to heave the mass of the pendulum to one side? Then you could let gravity do the work of centering the thing, and perhaps use more of a joystick to control it.

[@kitayuan9842]

wow, yeah this is going to get me into lego again

[@greatthings4US]

Lego needs to hire you my friend! I hope Lego is listening. :)

[@alexc535]

I thought this was General Grevious' wheelbike

[@waterphoenix941]

For the self-centering mechanism you can do what ZillaStorm said or you can make the right-hand side turning thing on the remote to become a joystick as there are methods to do this and just have a rubber band on both sides of the joystick to keep it centered when there is no pressure applied!

[@wp6192]

I like seeing some of your other creations in the video

[@ThisIsNolan]

JK Brickworks, this was amazing! Keep up the good work!

[@ChocolateAsian9000]

General Kenobi! You are a bold one!

[@prestonhiew1899]

For a second I thought it was going to survive the stairs! Great job, Jason.

[@billywerber9117]

Looks really cool!

[@romulas-cushmanproject3273]

i know this is kindof old but an idea for the turning is having the counter weight being by its-self and having 2 arms on either side pushing it left or right (like the big weight in a grandfather clock, and gravity itself should stabilize it when you release the arms

[@zymosan99]

You could add some thing on the controller that rested the tilt of the wheel

[@derlars89]

Wow, amazing model as always! And pleaaaaaaaaase make a working BB8 LEGO droid!

[@petrsokol588]

You're just too good Jason! Great job, but it will be interesting to see how will you solve the problem with BB-8's head always staying on the top

[@brickthus]

That is one of the greatest challenges. Since a kid swallowed another magnetic toy and was injured, the rules on magnets in toys were tightened. The LEGO company had to encase its train magnets in the buffer beam to make the piece too big to swallow, which means it is next-to-useless for other applications like BB-8 head-holding. I have shown a solution in my own LEGO Ideas project - search there for "BB-8" if you don't see the link anywhere here.

[@IanFraser420]

Personally, I'd try to scale it up, and use a mindstorms brick to control the steering. You could program it to automatically center the weight after pushing a button.

[@DolkkarToyznstuff]

Wow, I love the design.

[@user-ss6gp2gu6r]

Nice house tour

[@caseythimm5522]

I was just wondering, what is your day job?

[@JKBrickworks]

I write computer software.

[@veryviper9209]

+JK Brickworks I didn't know that

[@happyseal7202]

+JK Brickworks that makes sense

[@lorezyra]

My day job is to "break software..." :)

[@avaw99999]

+LoreZyra's Asian Clicks (バートレット理路) hey! My brother's job is to break software to fix bugs as well!

[@ZEROBRICKS]

I would suggest you using a servo for steering, so it can cenetr itself. Other than that good job!

[@UnilvlinD]

been thinking about something like this for a long time this is great!

[@brickthus]

Me too ideas.lego.com/projects/126131/updates

[@IsakZve]

Awesome!

[@UltimateBricks]

so cool

[@largewallofbeans9812]

Try using a geared-up servo for the steering. It will make turning using the controller's wheel a lot easier.

[@TechStache]

OMG this is absolutely amazing!

[@odinkvenvolden8218]

You make some pretty cool Lego stuff!

[@JKBrickworks]

Thanks!

[@wipi-dn2jf]

thanks for the house tour video, i love it

[@nojdaz3572]

very cool build

[@ollieger640]

Cool build bro

[@BricksAndClayPlay]

Amazing !!!!

[@wooviee]

Amazing as always.

[@G31M1]

*This will make a fine addition to my collection hahaha* *cough* *cough*

[@timtechnic12]

Of you use a servo for steering it will reset it self to the center this may be more practical? Love the monewheel

[@anthonylangendoen6323]

waoh, change some colors and a few eyes, and you'll have a Lego Whirlipede

[@ilikememes8854]

Anthony Langendoen Whirlipede has horns

[@Keep_On_Bricking]

great concept !

[@johnhuldt]

I'm in awe with your videos and how incredibly smart you are :) Love the videos!

[@verityw6721]

Cool! Is that how a segway is made??

[@syborg64]

for the steering, you could use a servo motor (same one as the 4X4 monter truck/crawler)

[@skydreamer4246]

Fascinating!

[@lukasgratzer6469]

You could use a LEGO Servo motor for the self-center function. You probably have to gear it up, but i don't think that's a problem for you.