Inverted double pendulum on a cart

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Aravind Krishnamoorthi
Aravind Krishnamoorthi on 12 Oct 2017
Hello all . I am trying to solve the inverted double pendulum on a cart problem. I have all the equations of motion for the problem. Since i am new to matlab i am not sure about how to go about the problem. I initialized the parameters for the problem. I am attaching the picture of the equations of motion in matrix form . I need to find theta double dot.
I am also attaching the code for your reference.
if true
tspan=[0 5]; %time spane
ic=[0:0.1:pi];%initial conditions
% parameters
mo=2;
m1=1;
m2=1;
l1=0.5;
L1=1;
l2=0.5;
L2=1;
g=9.8;
I1=0.0126;
I2=0.0185;
%equations of motion
d1=mo+m1+m2;
d2=m1*l1+m2*L1;
d3=m2*l2;
d4=m1*l1*l1+m2*L2*L2+I1;
d5=m2*L1*l2;
d6=m2*l2*l2+I2;
d7=(m1*l1+m2*L1)*g;
d8=m2*l2*g;
D=[d1 d2*cos(x1) d3*cos(x3); d2*cos(x1) d4 d5*cos(x1-x3); d3*cos(x2) d5*cos(x1-x3) d6]
C=[0 -d2*sin(x1)*x2 -d3*sin(x2)*x4; 0 0 d5*sin(x1-x3)*x4; 0 d5*sin(x1-x3)*x2 0]
G=[0;-d7*sin(x1);-d8*sin(x3)]
H=[1 0 0].'
I= inv(D);
J=I*(-G+H);
[t,x]= ode45(pend,tspan,ic);
plot (t,x),
grid on
xlabel('Time(s)');
legend('theta1', 'theta2')
end
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Roqye Rostmi
Roqye Rostmi on 27 Aug 2021
Hi I am working on this problem too. i need simulate these equations of motion in matlab simulink but i don't know how! The equations that i have :
Nikola Stojiljkovic
Nikola Stojiljkovic on 22 Nov 2021
@Roqye Rostmi Hello, have you worked the problem out? I am working on a project and i would very much appritiate some help, as i am on a tight deadline...

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Answers (1)

Meeshawn Marathe
Meeshawn Marathe on 16 Oct 2017
Please go through your code. The states chosen are not correct. You would have to convert the equation of motion to a set of first order equations. Let x be the cart displacement and theta1 and theta2 be the angular deviations of the rods from the upright position. Your state vector should look like:
y = [x1 x2 theta1 theta3 theta2 theta4]',
where,
x2=d(x1)/dt,
theta3=d(theta1)/dt,
theta4=d(theta2)/dt
Hence the state equation becomes dy/dt = f(y,u). Now d(theta3)/dt and d(theta4)/dt can be found out by rearranging the equation (2). Use an ODE solver (ex: ode45) and pass the arguments appropriately. The odefun will have 6 state equations based on dy/dt = f(y,u).

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