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The main purpose of this particular thesis is to maintain the balance of a ball on a wooden surface. This was achieved through the following procedure. A camera, which detects the exact coordinates of the ball was placed over that wooden surface and sends this information to visual studio via USB. At that visual studio software, is where the information is processed as well as the PID calculation. Later on, those PID calculations are sent at IDE Arduino software via the IDE software, the Arduino is programmed to guide the servo motors so the ball can maintain its balance. At the thesis, is also mentioned some basic information, like what exactly is the ball on plate phenomenon, as well as some of its software and hardware of the operation of the thesis are mentioned. Finally, some conclusions are reported as well as future ways of improvement