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Re: Another Fuzzy Company: Omron?

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From: Erik Horstkotte
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 16:52
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In article <1992Oct1.115502.615@doug.cae.wisc.edu>,
longstre@snake-1.cae.wisc.edu (Jon Longstreth) writes:

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|> They had a fuzzy controler on the clasic inverted pendulem.
|> Apparently you could tap the pendulum with your hand and it would
|> not
|> tip over.  (Did I mention that this pendulum was NOT constrained
|> to
|> 2D movement?)
|> 
|> My friend was pretty impressed.
|> That's all I've heard.

Actually, it turns out that the controller for the two degree-of-
freedom inverted pendulum is just the controller for the one degree-
of-freedom version duplicated for each rotational axis.  Still, it
makes a pretty spiffy demo!

PS: You wouldn't happen to run a detective agency, would you?  Oh,
that's *Langstretch*.  Sorry, wrong number.
-- 
Erik Horstkotte, Togai InfraLogic, Inc.
erik@til.til.com, uunet!til!erik - (714) 975-8522
Standard disclaimer: the preceding are my opinions, not TIL's.
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