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Research Paper Example: PID, LQR, and Integral State-Feedback for a Saturated Inverted Pendulum

A cleaned standalone engineering paper derived from a real Basis Draft Paper run. It preserves the nonlinear benchmark framing, controller synthesis arc, and selection guidance while removing placeholder summary figures and public-facing provenance noise.

This is the clearest engineering-comparison paper we have from paper mode. It shows Basis carrying a common-model benchmark, controller synthesis, nonlinear evaluation, and decision guidance through a real manuscript rather than a short derivation note.

Document facts

Document
Research paper
Original run
Draft Paper
Length
20 pages
Format
Cleaned standalone manuscript PDF
Objective
Compare PID, LQR, and integral state-feedback controllers on the same nonlinear cart-pendulum benchmark under actuator saturation and disturbances, then turn that benchmark into scenario-specific selection guidance rather than a fake universal winner.
Provenance
Original Basis run: Draft Paper
Outputs
PDF · references · curated viewer
Viewer
A cleaned standalone paper derived from a real Draft Paper run. The original run artifact remains unchanged.
Title and abstract page from the cleaned inverted-pendulum controller comparison paper.

Run summary

What this run had to deliver.

  • Hold the plant, actuator limit, and disturbance family fixed across all three controllers.
  • Interpret results through recoverability, disturbance tolerance, and saturation burden instead of a hidden score.
  • Keep the argument publishable by removing placeholder figure exports and run-only provenance language.

What persisted after the run

  • Cleaned standalone paper PDF
  • Curated references
  • Controller benchmark tables and equations
  • Cleaned public screenshots for the examples page

Editorial readout

What this run found, what surprised us, and what still needs work.

These notes summarize the content of the run itself, in addition to the artifact shell.

Findings

  • LQR is the strongest default when local regulation quality is the main goal and clipping is not the dominant transient mechanism.
  • Integral state-feedback is the better choice when sustained constant-disturbance rejection is central to the application.
  • PID remains viable as a simpler baseline, but only in the smaller recoverable regime under the shared actuator and disturbance limits.

Unexpected results

  • The paper’s most useful result is not a flashy time trace but the disciplined refusal to force a single winner across incompatible operating priorities.
  • Saturation burden emerges as the main bridge between nominal linear design logic and realized nonlinear performance.
  • The cleaned manuscript is stronger after removing the placeholder summary figures because the remaining argument has to stand on the benchmark tables and explicit selection logic.

Further investigation

  • A stronger next version would add hardware-facing effects such as observer error, sensor noise, and delay rather than stopping at the shared nonlinear simulation matrix.
  • Anti-windup, gain scheduling, and constrained-control variants should be compared explicitly against the same baseline envelope.
  • A future public edition should restore one or two fully materialized comparative figures derived directly from the benchmark records instead of relying mainly on the text-and-table synthesis.

Inside the output

What the document says.

Primary result
The benchmark supports conditional controller selection rather than a single universal winner.
Benchmark discipline
All three controllers are synthesized from the same upright model and tested under the same nonlinear constraints.
Cleanup outcome
The public edition removes placeholder summary figures while preserving the actual comparative argument.

What the benchmark concludes

The paper’s core conclusion is conditional rather than universal: LQR is the strongest default near the nominal operating point when clipping is limited, integral state-feedback is most attractive when steady-state disturbance rejection is central, and PID remains a credible low-complexity baseline only in the smaller recoverable regime.

That conclusion matters because the manuscript keeps all three controllers on the same nonlinear plant, the same actuator bound, and the same disturbance semantics. The selection guidance is therefore driven by a shared benchmark rather than by apples-to-oranges controller narratives.

Actual PDF

Read the output directly.

A cleaned standalone paper derived from a real Draft Paper run. The original run artifact remains unchanged.

Cleaned standalone paper PDF Open PDF

Human review

What was checked before this became public.

  • The cleaned public edition keeps the full paper structure, front matter, equations, and bibliography.
  • Placeholder robust-summary figures were removed from the public copy instead of being shown as if they were finished evidence.
  • The original stored run artifacts were not modified, so the source run can still be continued independently.

Where the example comes from

  • Derived from real Basis run 64e05bbd-0d93-46b9-b797-0fdcae41ea7a.
  • The examples-page manuscript is a cleaned copy; the stored run artifacts were not modified.

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