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RE: Two New Contests at BrickBots.Com
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 26 Feb 2001 20:27:28 GMT
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> Inverted Pendulum
> Start Date: 2/26/01
> End Date: 3/12/01
> Score Type: Points
> Description:
> A classic control problem: design a robot that balanaces a pendulum upside
> down in a 2-D plane (imagine balancing a broom on your open palm). This is
> an inherently unstable system whick makes it interesting.
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> Official Rules:
> http://brickbots.com/rules.asp?cid=24
Rich,
Am I completely thick or is the problem simpler than I'm imagining? Way
back when at the University of Waterloo, we designed a 2D inverted pendulum
balancer on a plotter bed. The pendulum rotated a sensor, and we had to
move the bed to keep it stable. You'd get bonus points for moving the bed
in 2 dimensions....
I just don't understand the statement "Build a robot that stabilizes the
inverted pendulum by rotating it" or the picture (which should be enclosed
in a <pre> tag to display properly.
Please clarify as I'm anxious to make this robot :-)
Cheers, Ralph Hempel
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 | | RE: Two New Contests at BrickBots.Com
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| go to this link to see a picture and details of a company that sells univ. lab equipment. The challenge is whether this can be done using RCX. (URL) there are problems with the link, go to the main site www.quanser.com and click on quick list and (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | RE: Two New Contests at BrickBots.Com
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| (...) OK, now that I've figured out what the pendulum base looks like, I can see the advantage of the rotating base, namely that we eliminate the need for detecting the end of the range of motion! Thanks to all who helped in my quest for (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Two New Contests at BrickBots.Com
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| Hello Builders, Two new contest have started at BrickBots.Com! Spinning Tops Start Date: 2/26/01 End Date: 3/12/01 Score Type: Points Description: Build a robot to set one or more tops spinning for as long as possible. Tops are to be constructed of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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