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Main Author: Natarajan, Iyer Venkataraman
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.04967
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author Natarajan, Iyer Venkataraman
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contents Control theory deals with the study of controlling dynamical systems. Robots today are growing increasingly complex and moving out of factory floors to real world environment. These robots have to interact with real world environment factors such as disturbances and this requires the robot to have a control system that is robust. Testing control algorithms on robots in real world environment can pose critical safety issues and can be financially expensive. This has resulted in a heavy emphasis on using simulation to test control algorithms before deploying them in real world environments. Designing control algorithms is an iterative process that starts with modelling the target system in simulation, designing a controller, testing the controller in simulation and then changing the controller parameters to design a better controller. This report explores how an approximated system model of a target hardware system can be developed, which can then be used to design a LQR controller for the target system. The controller is then tested under a disturbance, on hardware and in simulation, and the system response is recorded. The system response from hardware and simulation are then compared to validate the use of approximated system models in simulation for designing and testing control algorithms.
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spellingShingle Control of a pendulum system: From simulation to reality
Natarajan, Iyer Venkataraman
Robotics
Control theory deals with the study of controlling dynamical systems. Robots today are growing increasingly complex and moving out of factory floors to real world environment. These robots have to interact with real world environment factors such as disturbances and this requires the robot to have a control system that is robust. Testing control algorithms on robots in real world environment can pose critical safety issues and can be financially expensive. This has resulted in a heavy emphasis on using simulation to test control algorithms before deploying them in real world environments. Designing control algorithms is an iterative process that starts with modelling the target system in simulation, designing a controller, testing the controller in simulation and then changing the controller parameters to design a better controller. This report explores how an approximated system model of a target hardware system can be developed, which can then be used to design a LQR controller for the target system. The controller is then tested under a disturbance, on hardware and in simulation, and the system response is recorded. The system response from hardware and simulation are then compared to validate the use of approximated system models in simulation for designing and testing control algorithms.
title Control of a pendulum system: From simulation to reality
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.04967