RL Course by David Silver - Lecture 2: Markov Decision Process

Explores Markov Processes including reward processes, decision processes and extensions.

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Transfer Function to State Space

In this video we show how to transform a transfer function to an equivalent state space representation. We will derive various transformations such as contr...

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Lecture 6: Signal Flow Graphs and Mason's Gain Rule

In this lesson, we discuss Signal Flow Graphs and Mason's Gain Rule for finding transfer funtions See More

Control Bootcamp: Sensitivity and Complementary Sensitivity

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

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TikZ source Code: Switching Manifold

TikZ source Code: Switching Manifold

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Manipulating Aerodynamic Coefficients

In this video we discuss some potential problems you may encounter when attempting to perform operations with dimensionless aerodynamic coefficients such as ...

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Controllability and the PBH Test [Control Bootcamp]

This video describes the PBH test for controllability and describes some of the implications for good choices of "B".

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Randomized Singular Value Decomposition (SVD)

This video describes how to use recent techniques in randomized linear algebra to efficiently compute the singular value decomposition (SVD) for extremely large matrices.

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Identifying Dominant Balance Physics from Data - Jared Callaham

This video illustrates a new algorithm to identify local dominant physical balance relations from multiscale spatiotemporal data.

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Designing a PID Controller Using the Root Locus Method

In this video we discuss how to use the root locus method to design a PID controller. In addition to discussing the theory, we look at Matlab tools to enabl...

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Data-Driven Control: Balancing Transformation

In this lecture, we derive the balancing coordinate transformation that makes the controllability and observability Gramians equal and diagonal. This is the critical step in balanced model...

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SVD: Eigenfaces 3 [Matlab]

This video describes how the singular value decomposition (SVD) can be used to efficiently represent human faces, in the so-called "eigenfaces" (Matlab code, part 3).

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Fuzzy Logic, Part 3: Design and Applications of a Fuzzy Logic Controller

This video walks you through the process of designing a fuzzy inference system that can balance a pole on a cart. You can design a fuzzy logic controller using just experience and intuition...

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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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Frequency domain – tutorial 13: sampling (theory of everything in signal pro...

In this video, we learn about sampling which enables us to travel from analog to digital world. The following materials are covered:1) why traveling to the ...

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Control Bootcamp: Benefits of Feedback on Cruise Control Example

Here we investigate the benefits of feedback for systems with uncertain dynamics and disturbances, as illustrated on a cruise control example.

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Machine Learning Control: Tuning a PID Controller with Genetic Algorithms

This lecture shows how to use genetic algorithms to tune the parameters of a PID controller. Tuning a PID controller with genetic algorithms is not generally recommended, but is used to...

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Posicast Control - 1 ( In English)

This video is an introduction to a learning journey about Posicast Control structured as follows: - Preface - Motivation - Introduction to Posicast Control - Half-Cycle Posicast

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Using a Homogeneous Transformation Matrix to Combine Rotation and Translatio...

In this video we discuss how to properly deal with coordinate frames that are both rotated and translated from one another. We develop a homogeneous transformation matrix which combines a...

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Time domain - tutorial 9: convolution examples

In this video, we use a systematic approach to solve lots of examples on convolution. By the end of this lecture, you should be able to find convolution betw...

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Basic Control Lectures

Systems approach, understanding and describing the operation of systems and methods of controlling them are among the basic knowledge of engineering education. But understanding the main...

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Understanding Model Predictive Control, Part 7: Adaptive MPC Design with Sim...

In this video, you will learn how to design an adaptive MPC controller for an autonomous steering vehicle system whose dynamics change with respect to the longitudinal velocity. After you...

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Peter Ponders PID-Fuzzy Logic vs PID

There are many academic and engineering papers showing how good fuzzy logic control is relative to PID control. Every FL vs PID paper I have seen compares...

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Routh Stability Criterion Intro and Example

I introduce and walk through an example problem of how we can use the Routh Stability Criterion to rigorously determine the necessary and sufficient conditio...

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Control Bootcamp: Observability

This video explores the observability of a linear system, namely the ability to estimate the full state "x(t)" from a time-history of limited output measurements "y(t)".

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