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".

Modelling, dynamics and control

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...

Vibrational control of nonlinear systems: Vibrational controllability and tr...

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...

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...

No! 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...

What are Polynomial Models?

This Mathworks page provides an overview of polynomial models. 

Understanding 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)...

Online 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...

Introduction to Classic Control Theory (Japanese)

A collection of video lectures by Yuki Nishimura covering an introduction to classic control theory.

Robotic 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...

Peter 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...

Wind 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...

The Demod Squad: A Tutorial on the Utility and Methodologies for Using Modul...

Video talk of the paper by the same name.

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...

MATLAB 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...

Singular 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...

Linearizing 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...

Why 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...

Vectors, 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...

ENG 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/

Pole 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.

The 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...

DSP Lecture 1: Signals

This is a video lecture for ECSE-4530 Digital Signal Processing by Rich Radke, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Gain 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.

Dealing 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...