/pendsim

A simple inverse pendulum simulation + visualization.

Primary LanguageJupyter NotebookMIT LicenseMIT

pendsim: an Inverted Pendulum-On-A-Cart Sandbox!

Created by Mike Sutherland with the EASEL group at UC Irvine.

Documentation: http://easel-uci.github.io/pendsim/

Publication: DOI

pendsim is a Python package that can be used to help students design, analyze, and visualize virtual experiments for an inverted pendulum on a cart with feedback control. Example notebooks cover topics ranging from linearization to state estimation and optimal control for this classical nonlinear system.

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Contributing and reporting issues

To report any issues using this software, please open a new issue. To contribute to this software, please work in a new branch and then create a pull request for the proposed updates. Pull requests will be evaluated and merged as appropriate.

We look forward to incorporating new algorithm examples and notebooks!