Ben Coxworth Self-balancing MiP robot is ready to roll

MiP balances on two wheels， using the mobile inverted pendulum principle

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You may never be able to afford your own Segway， but soon you‘ll be able to buy something similar for just a hundred bucks. You won’t be able to ride it， but it might ultimately end up being more fun. It‘s Wowwee’s MiP toy robot， which performs a variety of activities while balancing on its two wheels.

MiP was designed in a collaboration between Wowwee and the Coordinated Robotics Lab at the University of California， San Diego. It balances just like the Segway， using the mobile inverted pendulum principle （hence its name） – in a nutshell， this means that the bottom of the robot is constantly moving back and forth， in order to keep the weight of the top section centered above it.

It can be controlled via XYZ Interactive‘s GestureSense system， in which an onboard 3D sensory system recognizes and responds to the user’s hand gestures.

If users prefer， though， it will also respond to commands sent via Bluetooth， from an iOS or Android mobile device running the free MiP app. That app lets them steer it in real time using onscreen controls， preprogram paths for it to follow， or play games in which it boxes or races with another MiP， dances to user-supplied music， or balances multiple objects on its tray accessory. It can also avoid obstacles while autonomously roaming.

The robot runs for about four to six hours of “moderate usage” on four AAA batteries， although a rechargeable model is in the works. In the meantime， the current version is now available for pre-order at a US-shipping-included price of US$119. It will also be showing up in BestBuy stores starting in May， priced at $100.

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自平衡MIP機(jī)器人已準(zhǔn)備就緒? self平衡MIP機(jī)器人在兩輪roll

MIP平衡準(zhǔn)備，使用移動(dòng)式倒立擺原理《 / P 》圖像畫(huà)廊（2張）

你可能永遠(yuǎn)買不起自己的賽格威，但很快你就能買到一百美元左右的類似產(chǎn)品。你不能駕馭它，但它最終可能會(huì)更有趣。這是WoWWee的MIP玩具機(jī)器人，它在兩個(gè)輪子的平衡下進(jìn)行各種活動(dòng)。

MIP設(shè)計(jì)之間的合作與協(xié)調(diào)的WowWee機(jī)器人實(shí)驗(yàn)室在加利福尼亞大學(xué)，圣迭戈。它平衡就像Segway，采用移動(dòng)式倒立擺原理（因此得名）–簡(jiǎn)而言之，這意味著機(jī)器人的底部不斷地來(lái)回移動(dòng)，以保持頂部的重量集中在它之上。

可以通過(guò)控制XYZ互動(dòng)的gesturesense系統(tǒng)，其中機(jī)載3D感官系統(tǒng)識(shí)別和響應(yīng)用戶的手勢(shì)。

如果用戶喜歡，但它也會(huì)回應(yīng)通過(guò)藍(lán)牙發(fā)送命令，從iOS或Android移動(dòng)設(shè)備上運(yùn)行的自由MIP應(yīng)用。該應(yīng)用程序讓他們操縱它使用屏幕上的實(shí)時(shí)控制，程序要遵循的路徑，或玩游戲，盒子或種族與另一個(gè)MIP，用戶提供的音樂(lè)舞蹈，或平衡多目標(biāo)托盤(pán)附件。它也可以在自主漫游避開(kāi)障礙。

機(jī)器人運(yùn)行約四至六小時(shí)的“適度”的使用四節(jié)AAA電池，雖然充電模式的作品。在此期間，目前的版本是可在美國(guó)航運(yùn)的前訂單，包括119美元的價(jià)格。它也將顯示在百思買店五月起，售價(jià)為100美元。