Data-Driven Control: ERA and the Discrete-Time Impulse Response

In this lecture, we describe how the discrete-time impulse response is used in the eigensystem realization algorithm (ERA).

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Understanding The Sensitivity Function

In this video I explain the sensitivity function and try to demystify the equation used to solve for the nominal sensitivity peak. Sensitivity describes how much process variations affect...

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TikZ source Code: Sliding Mode Control Example System 2

TikZ source Code: Sliding Mode Control Example System 2

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SVD: Optimal Truncation [Matlab]

This video describes how to optimally truncate the singular value decomposition (SVD) for noisy data (Matlab code).

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Computing Euler Angles: The Euler Kinematical Equations and Poisson’s Kinema...

In this video we discuss how the time rate of change of the Euler angles are related to the angular velocity vector of the vehicle. This allows us to design...

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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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Bandwidth of a Dynamic System

In this video we discuss the definition and physical meaning of the bandwidth of a dynamic system. We’ll see that this is a performance metric that is used ...

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Control Bootcamp: Benefits of Feedback on Cruise Control Example (Part 2)

Here we investigate the benefits of feedback for systems with uncertain dynamics and disturbances, as illustrated on a cruise control example. (Part 2)

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Machine Learning Goals

This lecture discusses the high-level goals of machine learning, and what we want out of our models. Goals include speed and accuracy, along with interpretability, generalizability...

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Derivation of Rodrigues’ Rotation Formula

In this video we explain and derive Rodrigues’ Rotation Formula. This functions describes how to rotate an arbitrary vector about another arbitrary axis of ...

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Apollo's Flight Computer: Epitome of Engineering

The Apollo missions' success can be vastly accredited to the success of building a robust, one-of-a-kind flight computer for its guidance, navigation and control. Follow this video to...

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The Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT)

This video introduces the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), which is how to numerically compute the Fourier Transform on a computer. The DFT, along with its fast FFT implementation, is one...

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Laplace domain – tutorial 2: Region of Convergence (ROC)

In this video, we learn five golden rules on how to quickly find the Region of Convergence (ROC) of Laplace transform. Learn Signal Processing 101 in 31 lect...

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Project Based Engineering Instrumentation with CircuitPython

This textbook has been designed with the student and faculty member in mind. First, this textbook goes hand in hand with Engineering Instrumentation taught at the undergraduate level at many...

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Laplace domain – tutorial 3: Laplace transform tables

In this video, we cover Laplace transform tables which help us to quickly find Laplace and inverse Laplace transforms. The main learning objective is to full...

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Teaching resources for a reinforcement learning course

Teaching resources by Dimitri P. Bertsekas for reinforcement learning courses. The website has links for freely available textbooks (for instructional purposes), videolectures, and course...

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Peter Ponders PID - Closed Loop Zeros

This video covers closed loop zeros, what causes zeros and the benefits and drawbacks of closed loop zeros.

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Lecture 3: Electrical and Mechanical System Transfer Functions

Transfer functions for electrical networks and mechanical systems (translational and rotational) are explained in this video See More

IMC PID Design of a Second Order Process

IMC PID Design of a Second Order Process

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Peter Ponders PID- Motor position control

Symbolic pole placement is used to place the poles on the negative real axis in the s-domain so that the response never overshoots. See More

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

Second Order Dynamics

A crash course overview on second order dynamics in the frequency domain, what the key parameters are, and why they matter.

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Stanford CS234: Reinforcement Learning | Winter 2019 | Lecture 2 - Given a M...

Professor Emma Brunskill
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Stanford AI for Human Impact Lab
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab
Statistical Machine Learning Group

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Drone Control and the Complementary Filter

Let's talk about the complementary filter and how we can use it to estimate the attitude of a drone using an IMU. It is such a dead simple filter, which is a good reason to learn it, but it...

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Inner Products in Hilbert Space

This video will show how the inner product of functions in Hilbert space is related to the standard inner product of vectors of data.

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