Gyro-sensor devices

dimanche 1 décembre 2013

Dear Experts

Good day to you all.

I am trying to find out does it take much electrical energy to keep self-balancing devices/machines balanced?

Here's what I know about such machines.

1. a gyro sensor is embedded in a tiny microchip-like device. This device tells the machine how to control the motor to keep it balanced.

2. maybe it also uses an accelerometer to get the job done.

3. the motor compensates or balances the person on the machine by speeding or slowing down.

My question is, how much electricity is typically used in this self-balancing? Is it substantial?

For example, the SBU unicycle or the solowheel.

Kindly could you please advise me a bit.

Thanks a lot.

Regards

Ramone