Rotary Inverted Pendulum

This Rotary Inverted Pendulum Trainer gives students the ability to experiment with classic pendulum control challenges. The trainer can be used to teach students how to balance a vertical rod at the tip of a rotating arm.

Control techniques studied:

• Unstable systems
• Tracking Control & Regulation
• Full State-Feedback
• Observer Design & Implementation
• Disturbance Rejection
• System Modeling & Simulation
• Pole-Placement Technique
• Root Locus Design
• Nyquist Stability
• Non-Minimum Phase
• Limit Cycle
• Real-Time Control
• Discrete Time Sampling
• System Identification
• Multivariable Control Design