An inertia wheel pendulum, also known as reaction wheel pendulum, is a pendulum with an inertia wheel attached. It can be used as a pedagogical problem in control theory. This type of pendulum is often confused with the gyroscopic effect, which has completely different physical nature.

See also

• Inverted pendulum

• Robotic unicycle

• Spinning top

References

• Mark W. Spong, Peter Corke, Rogelio Lozano. Nonlinear Control of the Gyroscopic Pendulum.