The Inverted Rotary Pendulum: Facilitating Practical Teaching in Advanced Control Engineering

IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), pp. 1–5

Abstract

This paper outlines a practical approach to teach control engineering principles, with an inverted rotary pendulum, serving as an illustrative example. It shows how the pendulum is embedded in an advanced course of control engineering. This approach is incorporated into a flipped-classroom concept, as well as classical teaching concepts, offering students practical experience in control engineering. In addition, the design of the pendulum is shown, using a Raspberry Pi as the target platform for Matlab Simulink. This pendulum can be used in the classroom to evaluate the controller design mentioned above. It is analysed if the use of the pendulum generates a deeper understanding of the learning contents.

Authors 3

1. René Rütters Aachen Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

   FH Aachen

   Affiliation as printed

   University of Applied Sciences Aachen,Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology,Aachen,Germany

2. Michael Bragard Aachen Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

   FH Aachen

   Affiliation as printed

   University of Applied Sciences Aachen,Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology,Aachen,Germany

3. Sarah Dolls Aachen Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

   FH Aachen

   Affiliation as printed

   University of Applied Sciences Aachen,Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology,Aachen,Germany