Discrete control #4: Discretize with the matched method

This is the fourth video on discrete control and in this video we are going to continue exploring the different techniques we can use to discretize a continuous system and talk about the...

Artificial Intelligence

This lecture discusses artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of data science and machine learning.

Understanding Control Systems: The Disturbance Rejection Problem

This video provides a demonstration using a car to show how you can simulate open- and closed-loop systems in Simulink®.

First, you will learn how to model and tune open-loop systems. The...

Extremum Seeking Control in Matlab

This lecture explores extremum-seeking control (ESC) on a simple example in Matlab. In particular, a discrete-time (digital) version of ESC is coded in a Matlab script.

Control Bootcamp: Kalman Filter Example in Matlab

This lecture explores the Kalman Filter in Matlab on an inverted pendulum on a cart.

ITSIE: An Interactive Software Tool for System Identification Education

ITSIE is an Interactive Tool for System Identification Education. The tool is developed using Sysquake, a Matlab-like language with fast execution and excellent facilities for interactive...

Process Dynamics and Control Course

This course focuses on a complete start to finish process of physics-based modeling, data driven methods, and controller design. Although some knowledge of computer programming is required...

Discrete control #3: Designing for the zero-order hold

This is the third video on discrete control and in this video, I want to clear up a confusion that I caused last time regarding using the ZOH method to discretize a continuous controller and...

3-DOF Orientation Tracking with IMUs

This document is not meant to be a comprehensive review of orientation tracking for virtual reality applications but rather an intuitive introduction to inertial measurement units (IMUs) and...

Why Choose Deep Learning? Deep Learning for Engineers, Part 1

This video introduces deep learning from the perspective of solving practical engineering problems. The goal is to provide an introduction to the range of practical engineering problems that...

Understanding Control Systems: Components of a Feedback Control System

This video introduces the components of a feedback control system and how they interact with each other.  

Learn basic terminology by walking through examples that include driving a car...

Resonance in Nature and Bioinspired Squid Robots

Bioinspired robots combine the best of both biology and engineering. Using tools learned from nature, we can build squid-like and other squishy robots to improve current capabilities in...

Understanding the Z-Transform

This intuitive introduction shows the mathematics behind the Z-transform and compares it to its similar cousin, the discrete-time Fourier transform. Mathematically, the Z-transform is...

Discrete control #2: Discretize! Going from continuous to discrete domain

This is the second video in the discrete control series. It focuses on discretizing a continuous system - getting to the z-domain from the s-domain.

Machine Learning & Text Processing Lectures

This is the video lecture collection by Victor Lavrenko.

Systems Engineering, Part 1: What Is Systems Engineering?

This video covers what systems engineering is and why it’s useful. We will present a broad overview of how systems engineering helps us develop complex projects that meet the program...

How Simulations Work

This article sets out the critical aspects of building good simulations — that is, simulations that are accurate, easy to develop and analyze, and fast. The first sections deal with how a...

MATLAB toolbox for control 101 course

Community toolbox project led by Anthony Rossiter and sponsored by MathWorks. The project incorporates input from various international collaborators. The aim is to make the developed...

Drone Simulation and Control, Part 1: Setting Up the Control Problem

Quadcopters and other styles of drones are extremely popular, partly because they have sophisticated programmed control systems that allow them to be stable and fly autonomously with very...

What's a Control System and Why Should I Care?

This paper is designed as a primer for college level STEM students about to take their first formal class in feedback control systems. This means that the explanations assume the reader has...

Understanding Control Systems: Feedback Control Systems

This video provides introductory examples to learn about the basics of feedback control (closed-loop control) systems.

Learn how feedback control is used to automate processes and discover...

What Is Extremum Seeking Control? | Learning-Based Control

Get an introduction to extremum seeking control—an adaptive control method for finding an optimal control input or set of system parameters without needing a model of your system, static...

Intro to Data Science: The Nature of Data

This lecture discusses the types of data you might encounter, and how it determines which techniques to use.

Control Systems in Practice, Part 8: The Gang of Six in Control Theory

When analyzing feedback systems, we can get caught up thinking solely about the relationship between the reference signal and the output. However, to fully understand how a feedback system...

EGGN 510 - Lecture 02-1 Digital Image Fundamentals

This is a video lecture of EGGN 510 Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing by William Hoff.