Ball and beam
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Ball and beam
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The ball and beam system consists of a long beam which can be tilted by a servo or electric motor together with a ball
rolling back and forth on top of the beam.
It is a popular textbook example in control theory. The significance of the ball and beam system is that it is a simple system which is open-loop unstable.
Even if the beam is restricted to be very nearly horizontal, without active feedback, it will swing to one side or the
other, and the ball will roll off the end of the beam. To stabi
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2024-01-09T18:16:23Z
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