Rapid control prototyping is introduced in terms of its generation, development and advantage. A hardware platform for inverted robot's rapid control prototyping is established and its design flow is summarized. Then a Matlab/Simulink model is designed and automatic code generation is realized to control the inverted robot. Simulation results show that the inverted robot can keep balance in the range between -2 and 2 degrees, which demostrates the advantage of the rapid control prototyping. In the initial step of the design procedure the Matlab/Simulink model can be tested in real situation so as to reduce the design cycle, save cost and speed up development efficiency.

rapid control prototyping  /  automatic code generation  /  inverted robot  /  Simulink