CloudPendulum — Onboarding

Welcome to the CloudPendulum onboarding hub. Follow the tutorials below to get started with the platform — from creating your account to running your own control experiments on real hardware.

Tutorial 1

Sign‑up

Create your account, verify your email, and wait for admin approval to access the platform.

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Tutorial 2

User Privileges

Understand your default token limits and learn how to check your status or request more access.

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Tutorial 3

Do your first cloud experiment

Clone an example repository and run your first simulation and hardware experiment on the pendulum.

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Tutorial 4

Implement your own control loop

Use the CloudPendulum client library to write a custom control loop and run it on real hardware.

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Tutorial 5

VS Code Integration

Connect to the CloudPendulum JupyterHub from VS Code and develop experiments in your local editor.

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Tutorial 6

Gym Interface

Interact with the real hardware using the standard Gymnasium API for reinforcement learning workflows.

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Tutorial 7

Disturbance API

Define torque and position disturbances that the server triggers automatically during your experiment.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to common questions about access, running experiments, hardware, the Gym Interface, and more.

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