Gimbal: Updated design

Malcolm, a talented local artist and director of the New Forms Festival came to me and asked if I could make a camera gimbal.  Can I ever!  I struggled with simplifying the old design for several days before deciding I needed to go back and do my homework.  Then I remembered this video

The original developers were balancing a robot on a ball.  …but notice the first 15 seconds when the robot is upside down and just turning the ball?  That’s exactly what I’m looking for, and almost all the parts are off the shelf. So I went back to the drawing board and came up with this

The ball in the center is a glass lamp shade. I’m going to add an X-shaped camera mount inside the globe. The Mecanum wheels can turn the globe any way I choose. I’m going to put a little 9DOF sensor inside so the Arduino can keep track of the ball’s orientation and adjust it accordingly.

Parts have been ordered, delivery is pending, and this thing should start being assembled in the next few days.

Also, I’m working a little bit every week to improve the website. Is it getting better? You tell me.