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The 2 DOF Ball Balancer module is a vision-based control experiment designed to teach intermediate to advanced control concepts. You can use it to demonstrate real-world control challenges encountered in vision-based motion platforms, such as pan-tilt cameras.
The 2 DOF Ball Balancer is based on two Rotary Servo Base Units. Using this experiment, students can take what they learned in the one-dimensional Ball and Beam experiment, and apply it to the X-Y planar case.
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The 2 DOF Inverted Pendulum/Gantry module is ideal to introduce more advanced principles of robotics. You can use it to demonstrate real-world control challenges encountered in aerospace engineering applications, such as rocket stabilization during takeoff.
The 2 DOF Inverted Pendulum module attaches to two Rotary Servo Base Units.
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The 2 DOF Robot module is ideal to introduce students to the fundamental and intermediate principles of robotics. You can use it to demonstrate real-world control challenges, such as pick-and-place robots used in manufacturing lines.
The 2 DOF Robot module attaches to two Rotary Servo Base Units. Using this experiment, students learn concepts such as forward and inverse kinematics and workspace control.
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The Ball and Beam module is ideal to introduce various control concepts related to unstable closed loop systems. You can use it to demonstrate real-world control challenges such as aircraft roll control. The Ball and Beam module attaches to the Rotary Servo Base Unit.
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The Gyro/Stable Platform module is ideal to introduce rotational dynamics principles. You can use it to demonstrate real-world control challenges such as those encountered in control and guidance of sea vessels, aircraft and submarines or in satellite navigation.
The Gyro/Stable Platform module attaches to the Rotary Servo Base Unit.
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The Rotary Multi-DOF Torsion Module is ideal to teach principles of robotics and torsional dynamics. You can use it to demonstrate real-world control challenges, such as the effect of flexible coupling between an actuator and a load encountered in complex industrial processes.
The Torsion module attaches to the Rotary Servo Base Unit for teaching 1 DOF torsional dynamics. Adding one to seven torsion modules in series allows expanding complexity of the experiments to study multi-DOF torsional dynamics.
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The Quanser QUBE-Servo 2 is a fully integrated, modular servomotor lab experiment designed for teaching mechatronics and control concepts at the undergraduate level.
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The Rotary Double Inverted Pendulum module is ideal to introduce intermediate and advanced control concepts, taking the classic single inverted pendulum challenge to the next level of complexity. You can use it to demonstrate real-world control challenges related, for example, to takeoff stabilization of a multi-stage rocket. The Rotary Double Inverted Pendulum module attaches to the Rotary Servo Base Unit.
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The Rotary Flexible Joint module is ideal for modeling a flexible joint on a robot when mounted on the Rotary Servo Base Unit. It is also useful in the study of vibration analysis and resonance. This experiment uses a sensor to measure joint deflection, to address the control problems encountered in large, geared robot joints where flexibility is exhibited in the gearbox. Students will learn how to model the system using state-space and design a feedback controller with pole-placement.
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The Rotary Flexible Link module is designed to help students perform flexible link control experiments. The module is designed to be mounted on the Rotary Servo Base Unit. This experiment is ideal for the study of vibration analysis and resonance and allows to mimic real-life control problems encountered in large, lightweight structures that exhibit flexibilities and require feedback control for improved performance. The experiment is also useful when modeling a flexible link on a robot or spacecraft.
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The Rotary Inverted Pendulum module attaches to the Rotary Servo Base Unit, expanding the mechatronics and controls topics that can be taught. The pendulum module challenges students to not only model and control a pendulum, but also to learn about hybrid control systems by tuning a swing-up control system. In addition to teaching intermediate control concepts, the Rotary Inverted Pendulum can be used for research in various areas, including fuzzy control.
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The Rotary Servo Base Unit is the fundamental element of the Quanser Rotary Control experiments. It is ideally suited to introduce basic control concepts and theories on an easy-to-use and intuitive platform. Use it on its own to perform several experiments, or expand the scope of this unit by adding on other modules to teach an even wider range of control concepts. Instructors can thus expose students to a variety of rotary control challenges for a minimal investment. Real-world applications of the rotary servomotor include the autofocus feature in modern cameras, cruise control in automobiles, and speed control in CD players.