I did another batch of Furuta pendulums and took a timelapse of the assembly:
These were done in a bit of a hurry, and nothing was changed from last time. At some point I'll probably do a refresh of the design, though. After building 16 of these, I have a bunch of ideas about things I'd like to do differently, and I've gotten a few feature requests from the recipient as well.
Thank you for showing this. So much tea ;)
ReplyDeleteDo you give these as gifts or sell them somewhere? I can't imagine you'd need 16 for personal use.
ReplyDeleteThey were built for the controls department at a university.
DeleteCan you elaborate on what you were looking to do differently in a redesign? Inspired by your blog and wanting to learn more about controls, I am taking a crack at a Furuta pendulum design.
ReplyDeleteJust things to improve manufacturability - motor, encoder, and slip ring related mostly.
DeleteI see. Thanks for the reply.
DeleteCould you tell me how each Furutapendulum controller has its sampling time(seta,phi) and control cycle(Hz?)?
ReplyDeleteDoesn't the wire coming down from the pendulum encoder get super twisted as the base rotates?
ReplyDeleteThere is a slip ring.
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