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JonathanKarpick - 08 Mar 2008
Non-collocated control of a potential climbing robot. (Really, an "Acrobot"). There is an actuator at the hip, but not at the ankle. I've used non-collocated partial feedback linearization, and commanded the leg to the vertical position (ankle angle = 0 in my coords).
The video (at 1/4 speed):
IC -> Middle point -> Desired (but it continues to fall from there...)
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The hip torques:
The wall reaction forces (if only I could limit the peaks...):