When i hear the word touchscreen i imediately think at some nifty new gadget that has this function, but no, that not what this article is about. In fact the touch screen balancing platform was developed by the Real Time Systems Laboratory at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy. The touch screen is used as a X-Y axes sensor, and the information is than used to make adjustments with the servos.

It’s quite an original idea, and very well applied, I mean look at the video, the platform can handle quite well even when the bal is throwed at it.