Machine Learning Control: Genetic Programming

This lecture explores the use of genetic programming to simultaneously optimize the structure and parameters of an effective control law.

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Finding Transfer Functions from Response Graphs

Given a system response to a unit step change, in this video I'll cover how we can derive the transfer function so we can predict how our system will respond...

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Time domain - tutorial 2: signal representation

In this video, we review how to represent information as a signal. The information can be anything such as voice (1D) or an image (2D) or even a video (3D). ...

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Lecture 5: Block Diagram Reduction

Reduction of block diagrams sing block diagram algebra is discussed in this video See More

Understanding Model Predictive Control, Part 5: How To Run MPC Faster

This video starts by providing quick tips for implementing MPC for fast applications. If you need to further decrease the sample time for your fast applications, you can use explicit MPC...

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Second Order Dynamics Example

How will a second order process respond in the time domain when subjected to a unit step input? What other behaviors can we expect to see and why? Tune in to...

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Tutorial on Root Locus

Few numerical problems using Root locus has been explained in this video See More

Understanding PID Control, Part 2: Expanding Beyond a Simple Integral

The first video in this series described a PID controller, and it showed how each of the three branches help control your system.That seemed simple enough and appeared to work. However, in...

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The Taylor Series

In this video we discuss the Taylor Series (and the closely related Maclaurin Series). These are two specific types of Power Series that allow you to approx...

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dRehmFlight VTOL - Teensy (Arduino) Flight Controller and Stabilization

dRehmFlight VTOL is a new flight controller and stabilization package intended to be used for small to medium sized hobby or research projects. dRehmFlight is the code, and the physical...

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Posicast Control 5 - (In English)

In this video Posicast in closed-loop is illustrated using a gantry-crane system simulations.

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Control Bootcamp: Sensitivity and Complementary Sensitivity (Part 2)

Here we explore the sensitivity and complementary sensitivity functions, which are critical in understanding robustness and performance. (Part 2)

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Bode Plots by Hand: Complex Poles or Zeros

This is a continuation of the Control Systems Lectures. This video describes the benefit of being able to approximate a Bode plot by hand and explains what a Bode plot looks like for a...

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Peter Ponders PID, Natural Frequency vs Frequency of Acceleration

This video is intended for servo hydraulic system designers and those that program hydraulic servo systems but it does show how several of the techniques sho...

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Lecture 7: More on Signal Flow Graphs and Block Diagram Reduction

In this video lesson, extra problems on SFGs are considered, how to obtain an SFG from a block diagram is explained with the help of armature controlled dc m... See More

Peter Ponders PID - Observers/Estimators

Observers can provide betters estimates of state variables when there is noise and low resolution feed back. This is often necessary to compute the higher d... See More

Drone Simulation and Control, Part 2: How Do You Get a Drone to Hover?

In the last video, we showed we can manipulate the four motors of a quadcopter to maneuver it in 3D space by getting it to roll, pitch, yaw, and change its thrust. We also covered the four...

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Matrix Completion and the Netflix Prize

This video describes how the singular value decomposition (SVD) can be used for matrix completion and recommender systems.

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Standing Waves Demonstration

In this video we demonstrate standing waves. We show how the system can be excited by oscillating at specific frequencies to generating standing waves. The...

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TikZ source Code: Cascade of several subsystems

TikZ source Code: Cascade of several subsystems.

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Denoising Data with FFT [Python]

This video describes how to clean data with the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) in Python.

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Control Bootcamp: Three Equivalent Representations of Linear Systems

This video explores three equivalent representations of linear systems: State-space ODEs, Frequency domain transfer functions, and Time-domain impulse response convolution.

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Laplace domain – tutorial 4: Laplace transform examples

In this video, we solve lots of examples to practice how to quickly find Laplace transform using the table of pairs & properties and five golden rules on ROC...

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TikZ source Code: Feedback system

TikZ source Code: Feedback system

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The Fourier Transform and Convolution Integrals

This video describes how the Fourier Transform maps the convolution integral of two functions to the product of their respective Fourier Transforms.

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