Coriolis Effect Demonstration (with Drones)

We demonstrate how rotating reference frames give rise to the Coriolis effect and centrifugal acceleration. In this video, we approach this as a simple physics demonstration and examine...

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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

Lecture 5: Block Diagram Reduction

Reduction of block diagrams sing block diagram algebra is discussed in this video See More

Lecture 29: State space representation

This video explains how a system can be modelled in state space form. Also shown is how to obtain transfer function from State space form See More

Frequency domain – tutorial 8: frequency spectra

In this video, we learn about frequency spectra which can be divided into two parts: phase and magnitude spectrum. Some examples will be provided to practice...

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SVD and Alignment: A Cautionary Tale

This video describes the importance of data alignment when performing the singular value decomposition (SVD). Translations and rotations both present challenges for the SVD.

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Lecture 19: Lead and PD compensator Design using Root Locus

This video discusses how a Proportional Derivative [PD] controller and a Lead compensator can be designed using Root Locus See More

Understanding Sensor Fusion and Tracking, Part 2: Fusing a Mag, Accel, and G...

This video describes how we can use a magnetometer, accelerometer, and a gyro to estimate an object’s orientation. The goal is to show how these sensors contribute to the solution, and to...

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Frequency domain – tutorial 11: equalization

In this video, we learn about equalization technique which is used in communication systems to compensate for the destructive effect of the channel between t...

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IMC PID Design of a Second Order Process

IMC PID Design of a Second Order Process

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Stanford CS234: Reinforcement Learning | Winter 2019 | Lecture 1 - Introduct...

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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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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RL Course by David Silver - Lecture 7: Policy Gradient Methods

Looks at different policy gradients, including Finite Difference, Monte-Carlo and Actor Critic.

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Kalman Filter Tutorial

The Kalman Filter is an easy topic. However, many tutorials are not easy to understand. Most require extensive mathematical background which makes them difficult to understand. Also, most...

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Data-Driven Control: Balanced Truncation

In this lecture, we describe the balanced truncation procedure for model reduction, where a handful of the most controllable and observable state directions are kept for the reduced-order...

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Trimming a Model of a Dynamic System Using Numerical Optimization

In this video we show how to find a trim point of a dynamic system using numerical optimization techniques. We generate a cost function that corresponds to ...

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Root Locus Plot: Common Questions and Answers

In this video I go through some of the common questions I've received on my other root locus videos. 1) Why do we call the poles of a system the roots?2) How do I plot the damping ratio...

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Controllability of a Linear System: The Controllability Matrix and the PBH T...

In this video we explore controllability of a linear system. We discuss two methods to test for controllability, the controllability matrix as well as the P...

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A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning

Machine Learning Explained in interactive visualizations (part 1).

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Peter Ponders PID - Feed Forward Theory and Calculations

The formulas for feed forwards are derived for motors and hydraulic actuators. See More

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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Gain and Phase Margins Explained!

In this video I explain gain and phase margins. If you are confused by this topic I hope this video will help tie all of the concepts together that go into understanding what gain and phase...

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Transfer Functions: Introduction and Implementation

In this video we introduce transfer functions and show how they can be derived from a set of linear, ordinary differential equations. We also examine how to...

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Building a Matlab/Simulink Model of an Aircraft: the Research Civil Aircraf...

In this video we implement the RCAM model as a Matlab script that is called from a Simulink model. The result is a fully encapsulated Simulink model of a nonlinear, 6 DOF aircraft. Please...

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The Fourier Transform

This video will discuss the Fourier Transform, which is one of the most important coordinate transformations in all of science and engineering.

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