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Optimal control for balancing of Handle robot

The Handle robot was modeled as a triple pendulum mounted on a moving cart and an LQR control law was implemented to balance the system upright with actuation being solely the cart. In the process, we confirmed that the system was uncontrollable in the absence of joint friction and applied the bearing-lubricant friction model for all the revolute joints. The resulting control was experimentally justified to be robust for external disturbances.

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