Robotarium by Georgia Tech

The Robotarium project provides a remotely accessible swarm robotics research platform that remains freely accessible to anyone. Currently, Robotics research requires significant investments...

Multibeam Radar for Adaptive Search and Track

This MATLAB example shows how to use radarDataGenerator for a closed-loop simulation of a multifunction phased array radar (MPAR). The example starts by defining MPAR system parameters and...

Control Valve Problems

Control valve problems can severely affect control loop performance and, unless eliminated, they can make controller tuning a challenging (sometimes impossible) task. Some problems are quite...

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) 1 [Python]

This video describes how the singular value decomposition (SVD) can be used for principal component analysis (PCA) in Python (part 1).

Educational Tool for Teaching GRAFCET

e-GRAFCET is a tool for supporting the teaching-learning process of GRAFCET ( which can be implemented using the programming language Sequential Function Chart – SFC). While this tool was...

PID Controller Implementation in Software

How to implement a PID controller in software using C, discussing theory and practical considerations. Demonstration of PID controller code using a custom flight simulator.

Nonlinear Control Output Signal Characterization

If the process gain makes large changes over the operating range, then tuning PID (or other linear) controllers is difficult.  If tuned for one region, the controller is undesirably sluggish...

Integral Wind-Up and Solution

What is integral wind-up and how velocity mode solves it.

A Statistical Noise Filter

A noise filter that uses Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques to temper tampering

Online Tuning using Simulink’s Closed-Loop PID Autotuner Block

Learn how to conduct an online tuning of a PI-speed controller using the MATLAB/Simulink Closed-Loop PID Autotuner Block. Tuned controller is validated on a Quanser QLabs Virtual QUBE-Servo...

Interactive Tool for Loop Shaping understanding based on PID control

Loop shaping is a design method where it is attempted to choose a controller such that the loop transfer function obtains the desired shape. In this module the loop transfer function is...

Measurements, Transmission Signals, and Issues

This is an introduction to scaled information transmission signals (for example 4-20 mA, 3-15 psig, etc.), the actual sensed signals (like using orifice dP to infer flow rate, or temperature...

MATLAB Example: Waveform Analysis Using the Ambiguity Function

This example shows how to use the ambiguity function to analyze waveforms. It compares range and Doppler capabilities of several common pulsed waveforms such as the rectangular waveform, the...

3D Printed Laboratory Equipment to Study Fundamentals of Vibrations: Complia...

This low-cost, portable, and 3D-Printed Laboratory Equipment (3D-PLE) can be utilized to achieve the following learning outcomes: 

• Derive the equation of motion of a translational...

Override and Reset Feedback

Override (Select, Safety, Switch) control observes an auxiliary variable and takes over from the primary controller when a limit is exceeded.  Reset feedback is a method to prevent the non...

SVD: Eigen Action Heros [Matlab]

This video describes how the singular value decomposition (SVD) can be used to efficiently represent human faces. In this example, we represent action heros (Matlab).

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) [Matlab]

This video describes how the singular value decomposition (SVD) can be used for principal component analysis (PCA) in Matlab.

MATLAB Sensor Array Analyzer App

The Sensor Array Analyzer app enables you to construct and analyze common sensor array configurations. These configurations range from 1-D to 3-D arrays of antennas, sonar transducers, and...

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).

Essence of Linear Algebra: Understand the Geomterical Beauty in Linear Algeb...

Linear Algebra is a very important and fundamental topic needed in almost every field of STEM. While the linear part of it is easy to understand and perform operations on, the geometric...

Data-Driven Control: Balanced Truncation Example

In this lecture, we explore the balanced truncation procedure on an example in Matlab. In particular, we demonstrate the ability of a balancing transformation to make the controllability...

Unitary Transformations and the SVD [Matlab]

This video describes how the singular value decomposition (SVD) is related to unitary transformations, with Matlab code.

Virtual Laboratory for Vibrations and Control Theory

This virtual lab developed in Matlab Simscape provides an innovative tool for learning and teaching fundamentals of mechanical vibrations including mass-spring-damper systems. 

Feedforward Control

When and how to use feedforward control

Dynamic Mode Decomposition (Code)

In this video, we code up the dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) in Matlab and use it to analyze the fluid flow past a circular cylinder at low Reynolds number.