Cart-Pole Control Design for a swarm of drones
Built for students learning it for a class or exam. See the concept move instead of memorizing formulas — and check your homework intuition. Simulate a swarm of drones live below — adjust the inputs and watch it respond, right in your browser.
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Balancing a pole on a moving cart is the classic control benchmark. A state-feedback controller senses the pole angle and cart position and pushes the cart to keep the pole upright. Turn the controller off and it topples instantly; add disturbance to test how hard it can fight back.
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Governing equation
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A PID controller drives a system to its setpoint using three terms: proportional reacts to the current error, integral eliminates steady-state offset, and derivative damps overshoot. Tuning the three gains trades off speed, overshoot, and stability — the workhorse of industrial control.
Data Inspector
Governing equation
Runs locally in your browser — free forever. Scale to the cloud when reality gets heavy.
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