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Levine, William Lee, Ryan Khaw Digital Repository at the University of Maryland University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) Electrical Engineering 2021-02-13T06:39:01Z 2021-02-13T06:39:01Z 2020 https://doi.org/10.13016/bymo-sonq http://hdl.handle.net/1903/26759 This thesis develops a general model for the problem of controlling a ball on a curved beam for any beam defined by y = f(x). The model is converted to dimensionless parameters and simulated. The performance of LQR with a model for the motor in the controls lab at the University of Maryland College Park is studied and a different nonlinear control method is investigated. The effects of feedback delay and increased sampling interval are studied. en Control of a Beam and Ball System with Arbitrarily Shaped Smooth Beams Thesis Electrical engineering Ball and Beam System Control Theory open.access