Building the Flight Controller Hardware - dRehmFlight VTOL

This video will show you how to setup and solder the default recommended hardware setup for the dRehmFlight VTOL flight controller package. This hardware configuration will work with the...

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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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Data-Driven Control: Balanced Models with ERA

In this lecture, we connect the eigensystem realization algorithm (ERA) to balanced proper orthogonal decomposition (BPOD). In particular, if enough data is collected, then ERA produces...

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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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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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Data-Driven Control: Observer Kalman Filter Identification

In this lecture, we introduce the observer Kalman filter identification (OKID) algorithm. OKID takes natural input--output data from a system and estimates the impulse response, for later...

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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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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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Drone Simulation and Control, Part 5: Tuning the PID controller

In the last video, we learned how accurate, nonlinear models are great for simulation but they don’t lend themselves well to linear analysis and design. This video takes the nonlinear model...

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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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Peter Ponders PID - Cascade Control Part2

The inner loop pole locations and gains are calculated first so the inner loop pole locations are determined by the user. The outer loop poles are still pla...

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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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Computing the DFT Matrix

This video discusses how to compute the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) matrix in Matlab and Python. In practice, the DFT should usually be computed using the fast Fourier transform (FFT)...

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SOPDT Sliding Mode Control ( SMC ) with Smith Predictor

I made this simulation SMC with Smith predictor just to see how it would work. I am not a process control guy but so many people struggle with temperature c... See More

The Inverse Laplace Transform

In this video we show how to perform the inverse Laplace transform on a signal in the Laplace domain to obtain its equivalent representation in the time doma...

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The Fast Fourier Transform Algorithm

Here I discuss the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm, one of the most important algorithms of all time.

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Numerically Linearizing a Dynamic System

In this video we show how to linearize a dynamic system using numerical techniques. In other words, the linearization process does not require an analytical description of the system. This...

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Control Bootcamp: Sensitivity and Complementary Sensitivity (Part 2)

Here we explore the sensitivity and complementary sensitivity functions, which are critical in understanding robustness and performance. (Part 2)

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Understanding and Sketching Individual Bode Plot Components

In this video we illustrate how 7 types of simple transfer functions contribute to a bode plot. We refer to these as ‘components’ and will cover the followi...

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The Laplace Transform - A Graphical Approach

A lot of books cover how to perform a Laplace Transform to solve differential equations. This video tries to show graphically what the Laplace Transform is doing and why figuring out the...

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Making an INSANE Hovering RC F-35 VTOL

I built this insane radio controlled VTOL F-35 parkjet that can takeoff and land vertically using conventional miniquad/drone parts. The best part is the plans and code are all free, and I’m...

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PID Control with Posicast Control 8 - ( In English )

This is the follow up of PID Control with Posicast ( Part II )

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Heat Transfer Demonstration

In this video we demonstrate heat transfer through a metal bar. By heating one side of the bar we can impose a non-uniform temperature distribution across t...

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