What is an Inverted Pendulum? Remember when you were a child and you tried to balance a broom-stick or baseball bat on your index finger or the palm of your hand? You had to constantly adjust the position of your hand to keep the object upright. An Inverted Pendulum does basically the same thing. However, it is limited in that it only moves in one dimension, while your hand could move up, down, sideways, etc. Check out the video provided to see exactly how the Inverted Pendulum works.
倒立擺是什么？還記得當你是個孩子時你曾用你的食指或者掌心設(shè)法去平衡一把掃帚柄或者棒球棍嗎？你必須不斷地調(diào)整你 的手的位置以保持對象的垂直。一個倒立擺在本質(zhì)上就是做相同的事情。然而，它會受限制因為它只能在一 定范圍內(nèi)移動，雖然你的手可以上升、下降、斜向一邊等等。檢查錄象提供的畫面來觀察倒立擺是如何確切 地工作的。
An inverted pendulum is a physical device consisting in a cylindrical bar (usually of aluminum) free to oscillate around a fixed pivot. The pivot is mounted on a carriage, which in its turn can move on a horizontal direction. The carriage is driven by a motor, which can exert on it a variable force. The bar would naturally tend to fall down from the top vertical position, which is a position of unsteady equilibrium.
一個倒立擺是個物理設(shè)備它包括一個圓柱體的棒子（通常是鋁的）可以在一個支點周圍振蕩。這個支點是安在一個車架上，它的轉(zhuǎn)動方向是水平的偏轉(zhuǎn)。小車是由一個馬達控制的，它可以運用于一個變力。棒子會有自然的趨勢從最高的豎直位置下落，那是一個不穩(wěn)定的平衡位置。