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title: Hybrid Systems
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# Hybrid Systems

Hybrid systems are those that mix continuous dynamics with
discrete dynamics. This can mean physical phenomena
controlled by something discrete like a logic based
controller, or more interestingly controllers that switch
control laws based on different circumstances.

Gemini AI says a good example of a hybrid controller is a
robot that uses a movement controller until it reaches a
target, and then switching to a force controller thereafter.
The continuous dynamics and physics have not changed, but
the derived model of the physics has entirely in a discrete
way. This kind of 'mode' switching is called being
event-driven.