Question

One type of these devices with a rotating base and underactuated arm that was developed by Katsuhisa Furuta is a common test case in nonlinear control theory. One of these systems is suspended from a V-shaped pair of strings that draw Lissajous (10[2])(“lee-sa-ZHOO”) curves (10[2])in a (10[1])harmonograph. (10[5])A simple feedback (10[2])control system can be used to keep an upside-down one of these (10[2])devices (10[4])stable (10[1])atop a cart. (10[4])If 3 (10[1])cosine theta-one (10[1])plus (10[1])cosine (10[1])theta-two is greater (10[1]-5[1])than 2, a flip cannot occur in coupled (10[1])“double” (10[2])examples (10[2])of these systems (10[4])that exhibit (10[2])chaotic motion. (10[1])Under the (10[1])small angle approximation, these systems exhibit motion with a period (10[1])proportional to the square root of L over g, (10[1])acting (10[1])as a simple harmonic oscillator. For 10 points, name these systems consisting of a mass suspended at the end of a rod. ■END■

ANSWER: pendulums [accept Blackburn pendulum or Furuta pendulum or double pendulum or simple pendulum; or pendula; prompt on simple harmonic oscillators until read]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Geoffrey WuColumbia APenn State A4110
Sam Wang (UG)Pitt B (UG)Michigan State B (UG)4110
Matt SchiavoneNorthwestern ANotre Dame4210
Arjun Saulnier (DII)CWRU C (UG)Kenyon A (UG)4210
Coby TranUChicago CUIUC A4410
Zachary LeblangPenn BPenn A4510
Ethan MaUIUC DMiami4510
Yahwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AOhio State A (UG)4510
Oscar O'FlanaganImperial ACambridge B4510
Kai MadgwickManchesterCambridge C4510
June YinWashU BUIUC B4810
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaMississippi State4810
David BassJohns Hopkins AColumbia B6010
Delia CropperOxford ALSE A6010
Robert WangPenn State BRutgers C6110
Alex AkridgeIndiana APurdue A6110
Graham CopeUF BUCF B6110
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge ABristol A6110
Zaid Asif (D2)NYU BWUSTL A6210
Peter Zeng (DII)Ohio State C (DII)CWRU A (UG)6510
Brynn JonesOregon StateMcGill E6510
Jacob Tow (UG)Colorado CollegeTexas C6510
Shiva TegullaUCF AFlorida State University A6510
Rohan KrishnamoorthiWashU CPurdue C6710
Jack CaseyUIUC CUChicago B6910
Roman BassettUF DFlorida Tech A7010
Jeevika SetzerJohns Hopkins BRutgers A7110
Claire Harvey (D2)Vassar BTexas D74-5
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriIowa7410
Chris LevesleyWarwick AImperial B8210
Aditya Patnaik (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Michigan B8310
Ariel FaederPitt AMichigan State A8310
Aisling SkeetDurhamBirmingham8410
Christian SherringtonSouthampton ACambridge D8410
Austin GuoPrinceton AHaverford A8710
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar ATexas A8710
Audrey SwingleUF FUF E8710
Oliver BeebyOxford BSouthampton B8710
Trenton BurgesIndiana BUChicago D8910
Daniel Luebs (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Michigan D (DII)8910
Ishaan SinghPurdue BSIUE A9110
Daniel Lian (DII)Michigan C (UG)CWRU B (UG)9310
Rahul Rao-PothurajuRowan ABard A10310
Owen Brown (DII)Kenyon B (DII)CWRU D (DII)11210
Alejandro Prieto Mendoza (D2)Texas DVassar B11310