Ball & Beam Demo
Version 1.6.0.0 (1.51 MB) by
Jeffrey Kantor
BALLBEAM demonsrates Proportional-Derivative (PD) control using a ball and beam simulation.
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Interactive demonstration of feedback control for a ball and beam system.
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Jeffrey Kantor (2026). Ball & Beam Demo (https://github.com/jckantor/Ball-and-Beam-Control-Demonstration), GitHub. Retrieved .
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| Version | Published | Release Notes | |
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| 1.6.0.0 | Fix typo. |
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| 1.5.0.0 | Updated with fixes to graphics, and to provide a summary chart of the simulation results. |
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| 1.4.0.0 | Update as a Matlab Toolbox |
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| 1.3.0.0 | Fix an error that sometimes occurs in the PD mode of the simulation. |
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| 1.2.0.0 | Updated for release Matlab 2010b with additional documentation and suggested classroom exercises. |
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| 1.0.0.0 |
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