Designing a Lag Compensator with Root Locus

This video walks through a phase lag compensator example using the Root Locus method.

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Why Transfer Functions Matter

Once we know a process's transfer function we can model how it will respond to an variety of inputs very easily, check it out.

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Stanford CS234: Reinforcement Learning | Winter 2019 | Lecture 8 - Policy Gr...

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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SVD and Optimal Truncation

This video describes how to truncate the singular value decomposition (SVD) for matrix approximation.

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Types of Machine Learning 2

This lecture gives an overview of the main categories of machine learning, including supervised, un-supervised, and semi-supervised techniques, depending on the availability of expert labels...

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Feedforward Control Introduction

I introduce feedforward control (FFC) and describe how it can be used to minimize the difference between an output's setpoint and measured value (the error o...

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RL Course by David Silver - Lecture 2: Markov Decision Process

Explores Markov Processes including reward processes, decision processes and extensions.

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Control systems with non-minimum phase dynamics

This video describes control systems that have non-minimum phase dynamics, characterized by a zero of the input--output transfer function in the right-half-plane. Physically, these systems...

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Frequency Response Analysis FRA and the Amplitude Ratio and Phase Angle

Process engineers model output response to inputs that oscillate via frequency response analysis (FRA). In this video, I'll go over amplitude ratios and phas...

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Numerically Calculating Partial Derivatives

In this video we discuss how to calculate partial derivatives of a function using numerical techniques. In other words, these partials are calculated withou...

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Introduction to Full State Feedback Control

In this video we introduce the concept of a full state feedback controller. We discuss how to use this system to place the eigenvalues of the closed loop sys...

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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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Understanding Sensor Fusion and Tracking, Part 5: How to Track Multiple Obje...

This video describes two common problems that arise when tracking multiple objects: data association and track maintenance. We cover a few ways to solve these issues and provide a general...

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Expressing Vectors in Different Frames Using Rotation Matrices

In this video we develop notation to express a vector in different reference/coordinate frames. We then investigate how to use rotation matrices to translate from a vector expressed in one...

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Standing Waves Demonstration

In this video we demonstrate standing waves. We show how the system can be excited by oscillating at specific frequencies to generating standing waves. The...

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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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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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Laplace domain – tutorial 4: Laplace transform examples

In this video, we solve lots of examples to practice how to quickly find Laplace transform using the table of pairs & properties and five golden rules on ROC...

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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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Euler (Gimbal Lock) Explained

In this video we explore Euler Rotations, the most common method for orienting objects in 3d. It's by-product "gimbal lock" can cause headaches for animators because the animated motion can...

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Frequency domain – tutorial 4: Gibbs phenomenon

In this video, we quickly review the Gibbs phenomenon which involves two facts:1) Fourier sums overshoot at a jump discontinuity2) overshoot does not disapp...

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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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Machine Learning and Cross-Validation

This lecture discusses the importance of cross-validation to assess models obtained via machine learning.

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Second Order Dynamics in Process Control

How do we simulate two first order transfer functions in series, a inherently second order system, or two coupled differential equations? Tune in to find out!

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