
The Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR)
Lecture notes for ECE717 on LQR control by Laurent Lessard. There is a section that shows how the Algebraic Riccati Equation is part of the LQR solution by "completing the square".
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How do we model the world around us and use this to understand its behaviour? How does behaviour depend upon the engineering choices we make and therefore how do we undertake design to...
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In the first part of this work, the criteria for the existence of stabilizing parametric oscillations have been derived. In the present paper, the problem of choosing the stabilizing...
See MoreInverted 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...
See MoreNo! Not Laplace Transforms
In my 13-year industrial career, I never used Laplace transforms. However, transfer functions and block diagram notation are efficient methods to describe dynamic behaviors, and are often...
See MoreWhat are Polynomial Models?
This Mathworks page provides an overview of polynomial models.
See MoreUnderstanding the Discrete Fourier Transform and the FFT
The discrete Fourier transform (DFT) transforms discrete time-domain signals into the frequency domain. The most efficient way to compute the DFT is using a fast Fourier transform (FFT)...
See MoreOnline and Recursive System Identification | System Identification, Part 4
Online system identification algorithms estimate the parameters and states of a model as new data is measured and available in real-time or near real-time. Brian Douglas covers what online...
See MoreIntroduction to Classic Control Theory (Japanese)
A collection of video lectures by Yuki Nishimura covering an introduction to classic control theory.
See MoreRobotic Car - How to read Gyro Datasheets (Part 1)
Have you ever been lost trying to understand the information in a gyro datasheet? This video should help! In this first part I go through the mechanical characteristics of a MEMS gyro and...
See MorePeter Ponders PID - Introduction
The purpose of this video is to inform the viewer about what to expect. My videos go much deeper than the typical videos. They are geared for graduate st...
See MoreWind Tunnel Data Analysis and Testing Considerations
This is the last video in our 3 part series on wind tunnel testing. In this video, we discuss what typical plots of wind tunnel data might look like and how to extract relevant information...
See MoreThe Demod Squad: A Tutorial on the Utility and Methodologies for Using Modul...
Video talk of the paper by the same name.
See MoreSystems 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...
See MoreMATLAB Discovery Page - Visual Inspection
Visual inspection is the image-based inspection of parts where a camera scans the part under test for both failures and quality defects. Automated inspection and defect detection are...
See MoreSingular Value Decomposition (SVD): Overview
This video presents an overview of the singular value decomposition (SVD), which is one of the most widely used algorithms for data processing, reduced-order modeling, and high-dimensional...
See MoreLinearizing Around a Fixed Point [Control Bootcamp]
This lecture describes how to obtain linear system of equations for a nonlinear system by linearizing about a fixed point. This is worked out for the simple pendulum "by-hand" and in...
See MoreWhy Do Radars Chirp? | Pulse Waveform Basics
This tech talk covers how different pulse waveforms affect radar and sonar performance. See the difference between a rectangular pulse and a linear frequency modulated pulse, as well as...
See MoreVectors, Dot Products, Cross Products - 3D Kinematics
Walter Lewin is one of the most reputed professors and was a former lecturer at MIT. His free to watch series on YouTube titled 8.01 is an excellent one for undergrads and high school...
See MoreENG 1718 - MODELAGEM DE SISTEMAS DINÂMICOS (Portuguese)
Vídeos do curso Modelagem de Sistemas Dinâmicos. Mais informações na página do curso: https://helonayala.github.io/teaching/2018-msd/
See MorePole Placement for the Inverted Pendulum on a Cart [Control Bootcamp]
Here we use the 'place' command in Matlab to design full-state feedback gains to specify the eigenvalues of the closed-loop system. This is demonstrated on the inverted pendulum on a cart.
See MoreThe Radar Range Equation - radartutorial.eu
This article describes the radar range equation. The radar range equation represents the physical dependences of the transmit power, which is the wave propagation up to the receiving of the...
See MoreDSP Lecture 1: Signals
This is a video lecture for ECSE-4530 Digital Signal Processing by Rich Radke, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
See MoreGain a better understanding of Root Locus Plots using Matlab
In this video I go through various ways to use Matlab to plot and visualize the root locus.
See MoreDealing with Non-Stationarity in Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning
From the abstract
Recent developments in deep reinforcement learning are concerned with creating decision-making agents which can perform well in various complex domains. A particular...
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