Talk:Inverted pendulum

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Help with this template Comments: edit – history – watch – refresh I believe the last equation misses a minus sign on the right side since the equation should simplify for that of a normal pendulum if y is zero.

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Please update this rating as the article progresses, or if the rating is inaccurate. Click to show/hide comments. Please add to or update the comments to suggest improvements to the article. I believe the last equation misses a minus sign on the right side since the equation should simplify for that of a normal pendulum if y is zero.

The signs on the first equation (= F) for the cart model of the inverted pendulum is wrong from our calculations. The signs should be reverse on the sine an cosine from after the Lagrangian. Someone please confirm.128.63.18.10 (talk) 18:30, 11 June 2008 (UTC)