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 (“lee-sa-ZHOO”) curves in a harmonograph. A simple feedback (10[1])control system can be used to keep an upside-down one of these devices stable (10[1])atop a cart. (10[2])If 3 cosine theta-one plus cosine theta-two is greater (10[1]-5[1])than 2, a flip cannot occur in coupled “double” examples of these systems (10[1])that exhibit chaotic motion. Under the small angle approximation, these systems exhibit motion with a period proportional to the square root of L over g, 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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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaMississippi State4810
Zaid Asif (D2)NYU BWUSTL A6210
Brynn JonesOregon StateMcGill E6510
Jacob Tow (UG)Colorado CollegeTexas C6510
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriIowa7410
Claire Harvey (D2)Vassar BTexas D74-5
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar ATexas A8710
Alejandro Prieto Mendoza (D2)Texas DVassar B11310

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