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...

Guaranteed Margins for LQR Regulators

John Doyle's famous paper! He presents a counterexample that shows that are no guaranteed margins for LQG systems. 

Introduction to System Identification

In this webinar, you will have a unique chance to learn about system identification from a world-renowned subject expert, Professor Lennart Ljung. Professor Ljung will explain the basic...

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...

i-pIDtune: An interactive tool for integrated system identification and PID ...

i-pIDtune is an interactive software tool that integrates system identification and PID controller design. The tool supports experimental design and execution under plant-friendly conditions...

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...

Road Sign Detection using Transfer Learning on RetinaNet

This blog outlines a number of open-source resources for transfer learning that are worthy of exploring, ands show the result of using transfer learning on RetinaNet to develop a road sign...

Understanding Kalman Filters, Part 5: Nonlinear State Estimators

This video explains the basic concepts behind nonlinear state estimators, including extended Kalman filters, unscented Kalman filters, and particle filters.

A Kalman filter is only defined...

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...

MIMO Radar: TI Application Report

MIMO radar is a key technology in improving the angle resolution (spatial resolution) of mmwave-radars. This article introduces the basic principles of the MIMO-radar and the different...

Nyquist Stability Criterion, Part 2

An explanation of the Nyquist Stability Criterion part 2. This video steps through the how to sketch a Nyquist plot by hand, what to do if there are open loop pools on the imaginary axis...

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...

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...

Systems modeling and representations (French)

Complete course on systems modeling. Includes examples, MATLAB code, and quizzes.

RADAR Engineering

Radar technology is used widely today. The principles involved are very fundamental and every engineering student studies them at least once. This playlist covers Radar Engineering for an EE...

Advances in Feedforward Control for Measurable Disturbances (slides)

These slides present several contributions to improve the feedforward control approaches when inversion problem arise:  the ideal compensator may not be realizable due to negative delay...

But what is the Fourier Transform? A visual introduction.

An animated introduction to the Fourier Transform.

Vibrational Control in Insect Flight

Abstract: It is generally accepted among biology and engineering communities that insects are unstable at hover. However, existing approaches that rely on direct averaging do not fully...

Matlab Radar Designer App

The Radar Designer app is an interactive tool that assists engineers and system analysts with high-level design and assessment of radar systems at the early stage of radar development. Using...

Learning From Data

This is an introductory course in machine learning (ML) that covers the basic theory, algorithms, and applications. ML is a key technology in Big Data, and in many financial, medical...

ITCRI: An Interactive Software Tool for Control-Relevant Identification

The Interactive Tool for Control Relevant Identification (ITCRI) comprehensively captures the control-relevant identification process, from input design to closed-loop control, depicting...

Fixed-Point HDL-Optimized Minimum-Variance Distortionless-Response (MVDR) Be...

This example shows how to implement a fixed-point HDL-optimized minimum-variance distortionless-response (MVDR) beamformer in MATLAB.

Model predictive control python toolbox

do-mpc is a comprehensive open-source toolbox for robust model predictive control (MPC) and moving horizon estimation (MHE). do-mpc enables the efficient formulation and solution of control...

Creating Discrete-Time Models

This MATLAB example shows how to create discrete-time linear models using the tf, zpk, ss, and frd commands.