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Title: Global stabilization of control nonlinear system "inverted pendulum on a cart" using method of two Lyapunov functions Authors: B. L. Mazov (Nizhny Novgorod Technical University) Comments: 10 pages Subj-class: Dynamical Systems…
We consider linear time-invariant dynamic systems in the single-input, single-output (SISO) framework. In particular, we consider stabilization of an inverted pendulum on a cart using a force on the cart. This system is easy to stabilize…
The normal and the inverted pendulum continue to be one of the main physical models and metaphors in science. The inverted pendulum is also a classic study case in control theory. In this paper we consider a special demonstration version of…
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