Laboratory Experiment on Control Engineering Using Inverted Pendulum and a 32-Bit DSP CPU
Author(s) -
Kazuhiko Yokosawa,
Keisuke Ikeda,
Ken Tomiyama
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of robotics and mechatronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1883-8049
pISSN - 0915-3942
DOI - 10.20965/jrm.2011.p0717
Subject(s) - inverted pendulum , digital signal processing , computer science , control (management) , course (navigation) , strengths and weaknesses , pendulum , control engineering , computer hardware , engineering , nonlinear system , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , aerospace engineering , physics , philosophy , epistemology , quantum mechanics
The major objective of the control engineering laboratory course teaching materials we have improved is to enable students to experience control theory effectively by stabilizing an inverted pendulum on a cart. Having used questionnaires and experiments to identify course weaknesses we tested our modifications to teaching materials in mock classes. We found that although students liked the new teaching materials, they could not, in practice, stabilize their pendulums. Considering all constraints, we implemented new hardware specifications for shorter pendulums. This enabled students to stabilize their pendulums and, in doing so, proved the effectiveness of the developed materials.
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