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Re:Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocop... by pvarangot on Thursday February 21, 2013 @08:56PM (#5262040)
You can only control a inverted pendulum using a PID if it's near one of its equilibrium points. You need a linearized model of the dynamics and this is usually done using the small angle aproximation for the sine. I don't think they are using a PID controller for the pendulum in that video.

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