| | 39 | [[Image(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/BzkAAOSw9r1V-9c0/s-l1600.jpg, align=right, width=200)]] The team has a low cost ($3-4) Invensense MPU6050 3-axis gyroscope/accelerometer (aka Inertial Management Unit or IMU). You can read about it and how to program it [http://playground.arduino.cc/Main/MPU-6050 here]. Because it is very inexpensive, it is used in many robotics projects such as a [http://www.instructables.com/id/2-Wheel-Self-Balancing-Robot-by-using-Arduino-and-/ self-balancing robot] and this [http://diyhacking.com/arduino-mpu-6050-imu-sensor-tutorial/ tutorial]. |
