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[1])(“lee-sa-ZHOO”) curves (10[1])in a harmonograph. (10[1])A simple feedback control system can be used to keep an upside-down one of these devices stable atop a cart. (10[1])If 3 cosine theta-one plus cosine theta-two is greater than 2, a flip cannot occur in coupled “double” (10[2])examples of these systems that exhibit (10[1])chaotic motion. Under the (10[1])small angle approximation, these systems exhibit motion with a period proportional to the square root of L over g, (10[1])acting 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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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sam Wang (UG)Pitt B (UG)Michigan State B (UG)4110
Arjun Saulnier (DII)CWRU C (UG)Kenyon A (UG)4210
Yahwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AOhio State A (UG)4510
Peter Zeng (DII)Ohio State C (DII)CWRU A (UG)6510
Ariel FaederPitt AMichigan State A8310
Aditya Patnaik (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Michigan B8310
Daniel Luebs (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Michigan D (DII)8910
Daniel Lian (DII)Michigan C (UG)CWRU B (UG)9310
Owen Brown (DII)Kenyon B (DII)CWRU D (DII)11210

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%0%66.86
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%0%61.78
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y9100%0%0%72.56
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y7100%0%14%73.43
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y4100%0%0%70.75
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y8100%0%0%68.50