This paper presents the control of an inverted pendulum system using intelligent algorithms, such as fuzzy logic and neural networks, for advanced control education. The swing up balancing control of the inverted pendulum system was performed using fuzzy logic. Because the switching time from swing to standing motion is important for successful balancing, the fuzzy control method was employed t...

This paper proposes a swing-up control scheme for a cart-type single pendulum having a serial second pendulum as a parasitic part. The proposed control scheme swings up the first pendulum with controlling the motion of a cart and being robust to the parasitic part. In the swing-up, the second pendulum is swinging at the top of the first pendulum and the motion of the second pendulum works as st...

We describe a low-cost, functional tester for the MacII that allows students to test and debug digital systems interactively. This tester provides a large number of programmable I/O signals and can be used to test chips, boards and subsystems. Test programs are easily written using a simple, intuitive interface and we expect a variety of interactive graphical testing and debugging environments ...

This paper presents the hardware implementation of a neural network controller for controlling an inverted pendulum system on an x-y plane robot. The inverted pendulum system can move on an x-y plane while balancing the angle of the pendulum. Neural network algorithm is implemented on a cost effective DSP board in association with an FPGA chip. The reference compensation technique of neural net...

This paper aims at the applications of natural frequency of inverted pendulum and Takagi-Sugeno (TS) fuzzy control in the swing up and stabilization of Rotary inverted pendulum (RIP) respectively. RIP is one of the important multivariable system in control to test the performance of any controller due to its nonlinear, unstable, non-minimum phase and under actuated nature. Many techniques based...

We introduce the notion of a Canonical Tester for a class of properties on distributions, that is, a tester strong and general enough that "a distribution property in the class is testable if and only if the Canonical Tester tests it". We construct a Canonical Tester for the class of symmetric properties of one or two distributions, satisfying a certain weak continuity condition. Analyzing the ...

INTRODUCTIONSuppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) is one of the most powerful and popular methods for generating subtracted cDNA or genomic DNA libraries. This technique can be used to compare two mRNA populations and obtain cDNAs representing genes that are either overexpressed or exclusively expressed in one population as compared to another. It can also be used for comparison of genomi...

We describe a low-cost functional tester that provides a large number of programmable I/O signals for interactively testing and debugging chips, boards and subsystems. Testing a subsystem requires only minimal hardware setup which allows the tester to be shared by several users and reduces the overall cost of test equipment. Testing is performed under program control which can be driven either ...

This study determined the inter-tester and intra-tester reliability of physiotherapists measuring functional motor ability of traumatic brain injury clients using the Clinical Outcomes Variable Scale (COVS). To test inter-tester reliability, 14 physiotherapists scored the ability of 16 videotaped patients to execute the items that comprise the COVS. Intra-tester reliability was determined by fo...

In February 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy, BP Exploration (Alaska), and the U.S. Geological Survey, collected the first open-hole formation pressure response data in a gas hydrate reservoir (the “Mount Elbert” stratigraphic test well) using Schlumberger’s Modular Dynamics Formation Tester (MDT) wireline tool. As part of an ongoing effort to compare the world’s leading gas hydrate reservoi...