The LabyWiinth Project

Can you control a laybrinth game with a Wii Balance Board? Let's see!

This project came about from walking around a thrift store right after working on my own Wii controller library while visiting the in-laws over Thanksgiving. I saw a labyrinth in the store, and knew I had to try to get this working.

It works simply by taking the data from all 4 pressure sensors on the bottom of the balance board and calculating the two angles that the labyrinth should tilt to (vertical and horizontal). We then send that data to an Arduino microcontroller that controls two servos that turn to the correct angles and tilt the labyrinth.

There are still things to work out, seeing as the labyrinth game is incredibly hard to play using the balance board. Later in this video, you get to see Vince Thompson's work of controlling the device with an XBox 360 controller, which is a lot easier, but still hard. Leave a comment if you want more project details.