cartpole
cartpole noun: an inverted pendulum whose pivot point can be moved along a track to maintain balance.
Noun
cartpole (plural cartpoles)
- An inverted pendulum whose pivot point can be moved along a track to maintain balance
- Using the same learning algorithm, network architecture and hyper-parameters, our algorithm robustly solves more than 20 simulated physics tasks, including classic problems such as cartpole swing-up, dexterous manipulation, legged locomotion and car driving.2015, Timothy P. Lillicrap, Jonathan J. Hunt, Alexander Pritzel, Nicolas Heess, Tom Erez, Yuval Tassa, David Silver, Daan Wierstra, “Continuous control with deep reinforcement learning”, in arXiv
Forms of cartpole
| plural | cartpoles |
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Origin of cartpole
From cart + pole, representing the pendulum as an upright pole balancing on top of a moving cart.
Questions about cartpole
- What does cartpole mean?
- Cartpole means an inverted pendulum whose pivot point can be moved along a track to maintain balance.
- What part of speech is cartpole?
- Cartpole is a noun.
- What is the plural of cartpole?
- The plural of cartpole is cartpoles.
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