This paper presents the design of the Automatic Gain Control (AGC) system for the drive axis of a electro-magnetic driven cylinder gyroscope. The simulation and experimental results show that the designed AGC excites the cylinder at its natural frequency and maintains a specified amplitude of oscillations, and also track the natural frequency shifts due to temperature variations. The sensing performance of the AGC driven gyroscope is shown to be greatly improved compared to that of the open-loop driven one.