Inverted Pendulum

An automatic control project

"I am pretty sure our motor is dead."

Duration:

2022 Aug — 2023 Jan

Role:

Programmer

Team:

Ethan Chen, Howard Liu, Chiu-Chang Cheng, Zhuo-an Jiang, Willy Lin

Skills:

Programming, automatic control

Duration:

2023 Feb — now

Team:

Ethan Chen, Jerry Lo, Ai-yung Chen, Howard Liu, Avery Lin, Sophie Chou

Skills:

2D design, 3D design, software integration, entrepreneurship

Overview:

Aside from quizzes and exams, the automatic control course in my university requires us to make machines that involve automatic control. We did a poll to decide which of the three prompt my team needs to do. My team, as well as two other groups, drew the prompt — inverted pendulum.

I was the sole programmer on our team.

The goal

The goal of the inverted pendulum prompt is to make the pendulum stay upright as long as possible.

The machine

Snapshot of our machine

The machine comprises an Arduino Uno for programming, a motor for rotating the disc on top, and a gyro sensor for feedback.

The result

Our certificate of excellence

On the final test day, our machine was tested, and my team was awarded the best group doing the inverted pendulum prompt.