Construction of a Self-Balancing Cube With Embedded Reaction Wheel Drive and Preliminary Investigation of Simple Harmonic Motion Patterns

The use of reaction wheels to help maintain the position of objects in balance remains an interesting topic to discuss in research. The harmonic motion resulting from the continuous rotation of the reaction wheel is read by the installed sensor, so that acceleration and angular velocity values are obtained on the X -axis, Y -axis and Z -axis. The self-balancing cube was built to be used as a vehicle for the reaction wheel to be embedded. The phenomenon that occurred during the experiment showed that there was a certain pattern formed as a result of the self-balancing cube swinging to maintain its balance.