How Do You Verify Equations for a Balancing Robot?

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Homework Statement


I am building a balancing robot like the one here:
http://www.geology.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robo/nbot/

It's basically a body mounted on two wheels and its purpose is to control the motors as to keep the wheels under the center of mass and therefore keep the body in an upward position.

I wrote the mechanical equations for the body and for the wheels separately, but I am not sure if they are correct. I need someone to check them, please.

Homework Equations


Are the equations in the attached photos correct?

The Attempt at a Solution


<see the attached photos>
 
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  • Handwritten notes titled Platform with a free-body diagram of a tilted body on two wheels, labelled forces N1, N2, T1, T2, mg and torques, followed by force and torque equations and definitions.
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  • Handwritten free-body diagram of a wheel with torque and force equations: torque, x and y balance for the wheel, plus analogous equations for the second wheel.
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Scraping the J x Theta derived twice x ...
from the first two equations in the first pic.

Those were wrong.



Are there any other mistakes?