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.

Discrete control #6: z-plane warping and the bilinear transform

We’re continuing our journey through discrete control and in this video, we’re going to expand our understanding of the bilinear transform. Along the way, we’ll learn about how this...

But what is the Fourier Transform? A visual introduction.

An animated introduction to the Fourier Transform.

Understanding Control Systems: Open-Loop Control Systems

This video explores open-loop control systems by walking through some introductory examples.

Learn how open-loop systems are found in everyday appliances like toasters or showers, and...

Autonomous Navigation, Part 6: Metrics for System Assessment

Take a systems engineering approach to verifying the autonomous navigation system end to end and learn how simulations and physical tests can complement each other. The video also covers a...

What Is a Control System and Why Should I Care?

This is a 25 minute abbreviated version of the Part 1 & Part 2 talk.  It goes through the basic ideas while skipping some of the details and examples of the longer talks.   The talk abstract...

Improve SNR and Capacity of Wireless Communication Using Antenna Arrays

The goal of a wireless communication system is to serve as many users with the highest possible data rate given constraints such as radiation power limit and operating budget. To improve the...

Pathfinding with A*

An interactive visual explanation of the A* pathfinding algorithm.  This resource uses motivating examples from computer games. 

Control Bootcamp: Observability Example in Matlab

This video explores observability in Matlab on the example system of an inverted pendulum on a cart.

Control Design Onramp with Simulink

Learn the basics of feedback control design in Simulink®. Adjust the gains of a PID controller to change the dynamics of a physical system and get the closed-loop system behavior that you...

Directivity and Antenna Gain - radartutorial.eu

This page describes antenna directivity and gain. The directivity of an antenna is the ratio of the power density S (radiant intensity per unit area) of the real antenna in its main...

Control Systems in Practice, Part 1: What Control Systems Engineers Do

This video walks through the phases of a typical project and describes what it means to be a control systems engineer. It covers the concept formulation phase, in which your job is to help...

Student's Guide to Bayesian Statistics

This video provides a summary of a textbook Bed Lambert wrote on Bayesian inference  and accompanying (freely available) YouTube course. 

Converting Constrained Optimization to Unconstrained Optimization Using the ...

In this video we show how to convert a constrained optimization problem into an approximately equivalent unconstrained optimization problem using the penalty...

What is a Matched Filter?

This video explains the Matched Filter from a signals perspective.

A* Pathfinding (E01: algorithm explanation)

Welcome to the first part in a series teaching pathfinding for video games. In this episode we take a look at the A* algorithm and how it works.

Machine Learning Control: Overview

This lecture provides an overview of how to use machine learning optimization directly to design control laws, without the need for a model of the dynamics.

First-Order Filters

Use data filters to temper noise - relation of options to lag and variance reduction

Quanser QUBE-Servo 2: Low-cost Teaching Platform for Controls

The Quanser QUBE-Servo 2 is a fully integrated, modular servomotor lab experiment designed for teaching mechatronics and control concepts at the undergraduate level. Ideal for teaching speed...

Autodesk Tinkercad

Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use web app that equips the next generation of designers and engineers with the foundational skills for innovation: 3D design, electronics, and coding!

Nonlinear Oscillations, Dynamical Systems, and Bifurcations of Vector Fields...

From the reviews: "This book is concerned with the application of methods from dynamical systems and bifurcation theories to the study of nonlinear oscillations. Chapter 1 provides a review...

Reinforcement Learning for Engineers, Part 5: Overcoming the Practical Chall...

This video addresses a few challenges that occur when using reinforcement learning for production systems and provides some ways to mitigate them. Even if there aren’t straightforward ways...

Lectures on Modelling and Control of Dynamic Systems (French)

Lectures on Modelling and Control of Dynamic Systems from Patrick Lanusse of Bordeaux INP, France.

Systems Engineering, Part 4: An Introduction to Requirements

Get an introduction to an important tool in systems engineering: requirements. You'll learn about the three things every requirement must have and what makes a requirement valid. You'll also...

Inverted Pendulum on a Cart [Control Bootcamp]

In this video, we introduce an example system to control: an inverted pendulum on a cart. We describe the state-space, find the fixed points, and simulate the system in Matlab. Because the...