**Joao Paulo Cunha de Matos**. Mechanical engineering undergraduate student from Universidade Federal Fluminense (2012-2015 RJ/Brazil ). Currently mechanical engineering undergraduate at University of Nevada - Las Vegas. This independent study is about inverted pendulums and its many applications. * **Lego Ball and Beam** * [[lego_ball_and_beam|Weekly Report]] * [[pid_vs_lqr_ballandbeam| TUTORIAL]] * **Pneumatic Inverted Pendulum** * [[pneumatic_ip_report|Weekly Report]] * [[pneumatic_ip_tutorial|TUTORIAL]] * **Lego Rotary Inverted Pendulum** * [[rip_report|Weekly Report]] * [[lego_rip_initial|TUTORIAL]]