• DocumentCode
    574155
  • Title

    Synchronizing N cart-pendulums using virtual holonomic constraints

  • Author

    Jankuloski, D. ; Maggiore, Manfredi ; Consolini, Luca

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    27-29 June 2012
  • Firstpage
    1023
  • Lastpage
    1028
  • Abstract
    A solution is presented to the problem of synchronizing a chain of N cart-pendulums using virtual holonomic constraints. The approach is based on a master-slave configuration whereby the first cart-pendulum is controlled so as to stabilize a desired oscillation around its unstable equilibrium. Then, each remaining cart-pendulum is controlled so as to fully synchronize it to the previous pendulum.
  • Keywords
    nonlinear control systems; pendulums; stability; synchronisation; N cart-pendulum synchronization; first cart-pendulum; master-slave configuration; oscillation stability; virtual holonomic constraints; Dynamics; Energy states; Level set; Manifolds; Oscillators; Synchronization; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    American Control Conference (ACC), 2012
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, QC
  • ISSN
    0743-1619
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1095-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0743-1619
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACC.2012.6314739
  • Filename
    6314739