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. (10[2])A simple feedback control system can be used to keep an upside-down one of these (10[1])devices (10[1])stable atop a cart. If 3 cosine theta-one plus cosine theta-two is greater than 2, a flip cannot occur in coupled (10[1])“double” examples (10[2])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 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
Oscar O'FlanaganImperial ACambridge B4510
Kai MadgwickManchesterCambridge C4510
Delia CropperOxford ALSE A6010
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge ABristol A6110
Chris LevesleyWarwick AImperial B8210
Christian SherringtonSouthampton ACambridge D8410
Aisling SkeetDurhamBirmingham8410
Oliver BeebyOxford BSouthampton B8710

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