{"id":13221,"date":"2015-08-23T13:43:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T12:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13221"},"modified":"2015-08-23T13:43:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-23T12:43:11","slug":"piro-a-two-wheeled-balancing-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13221","title":{"rendered":"Piro &#8211; a two-wheeled balancing robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/balancer.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13222\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/balancer.jpg?resize=560%2C280&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"balancer\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/balancer.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/balancer.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/balancer.jpg?resize=560%2C280&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/balancer.jpg?resize=260%2C130&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/balancer.jpg?resize=160%2C80&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finland-based\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/patrickaalto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Aalto<\/a> has been working this summer on a two-wheeled balancing robot powered by a Raspberry Pi. On 16th August, he achieved his first successful balancing. You can see a video of it below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Piro - Raspberry Pi two-wheeled balancing robot - first successful balancing run\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mIFhwdpM5oQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/piro.patrickaalto.com\/piroblog.html\" target=\"_blank\">He&#8217;s blogged about the build and his approach to the programming and you can read that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finland-based\u00a0Patrick Aalto has been working this summer on a two-wheeled balancing robot powered by a Raspberry Pi. On 16th August, he achieved his first successful balancing. 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