FreeFlyer Aerodynamic Simulation Software

FreeFlyer® is an aerodynamic simulation software for space mission design, analysis and operations. It is a commercial software used in actual missions. Free for students, paid for startups...

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Introduction to the Fourier Transform (Part 2)

This video is the second part of the introduction to the Fourier Transform. I address an error that I made in the first video concerning the scaling term of the transform. I also try to...

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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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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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Frequency domain – tutorial 10: modulation

In this video, we learn about modulation technique which is commonly used in communication systems to send information from transmitter to receiver. The foll...

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Peter Ponders PID - Closed Loop Zeros

This video covers closed loop zeros, what causes zeros and the benefits and drawbacks of closed loop zeros.

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Lecture 12: Steady state error

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Closed Loop Feedback Control

Intro to closed loop (feedback) control motivation, theory, block diagrams and block diagram algebra, and PID controllers

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Peter Ponders PID- Motor position control

Symbolic pole placement is used to place the poles on the negative real axis in the s-domain so that the response never overshoots. See More

Feedforward Control

When and how to use feedforward control

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Stanford CS234: Reinforcement Learning | Winter 2019 | Lecture 2 - Given a M...

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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Lecture 26: Stability examples, GM and PM using Nyquist Stability Criterion

This video discusses some numerical examples to show how stability can be determined using Nyquist stability criterion. Also explained is how to calculate ga... See More

Bode Plot Gain and Phase Margin Determination

I'll show you how we can determine the Gain and Phase Margin from a Bode Plot (at some fixed controller gain).

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RL Course by David Silver - Lecture 6: Value Function Approximation

A deep dive into incremental methods and batch methods of value function approximation.

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Lecture 8: More on Transfer Functions

Discusses different types of transfer functions like proper, biproper, improper transfer functions and some numerical problems have been solved See More

Transfer Function to State Space

In this video we show how to transform a transfer function to an equivalent state space representation. We will derive various transformations such as contr...

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dRehmFlight VTOL - Teensy (Arduino) Flight Controller and Stabilization

dRehmFlight VTOL is a new flight controller and stabilization package intended to be used for small to medium sized hobby or research projects. dRehmFlight is the code, and the physical...

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TikZ source Code: A single MIMO system

TikZ source Code: A single MIMO system

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Why Learn Control Theory

In this video I present a few reasons why learning control theory is important and try to give some motivation to continue learning.

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Linear Systems of Equations, Least Squares Regression, Pseudoinverse

This video describes how the SVD can be used to solve linear systems of equations. In particular, it is possible to solve nonsquare systems (overdetermined or underdetermined) via least...

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Control Bootcamp: Sensitivity and Robustness

Here we show that peaks in the sensitivity function result in a lack of robustness.

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Manipulating Aerodynamic Coefficients

In this video we discuss some potential problems you may encounter when attempting to perform operations with dimensionless aerodynamic coefficients such as ...

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Data-Driven Control: Balanced Truncation and BPOD Example

In this lecture, we explore balanced truncation and BPOD on a numerical example in Matlab.

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SVD: Eigenfaces 2 [Matlab]

This video describes how the singular value decomposition (SVD) can be used to efficiently represent human faces, in the so-called "eigenfaces" (Matlab code, part 2).

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Designing a PID Controller Using the Root Locus Method

In this video we discuss how to use the root locus method to design a PID controller. In addition to discussing the theory, we look at Matlab tools to enabl...

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