Frequency domain – tutorial 5: Fourier transform

In this video, we learn about Fourier transform which enables us to travel from time to frequency domain when a signal is not periodic. The learning objectiv...

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Laplace Transforms to Derive Transfer Functions

Once we have a state space model, we will take a Laplace Transform to derive the transfer function to determine the response of an output relative to an inpu...

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Auto Tuning a Small DC Motor in Torque Mode

I was really testing the picture in picture feature of the Screen Flow software I use to make these videos. I knew the auto tuning would work. I kept the v...

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Lecture 18: PI and Lag Compensator Design using Root Locus

The design of a Proportional Integral [PI] controller and a Lag compensator using Root Locus has been explained in this video. See More

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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Direct Synthesis for PID Controller Design

What tuning parameters should you choose for your controller? The Direct Synthesis Model is one method control engineers use today to evaluate controller par...

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TikZ source Code: Feedback passivity index

TikZ source Code: Feedback passivity index

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Lecture 10: Second Order Underdamped Systems: Unit step response and time do...

The unit step response of a Second order underdamped system has been derived in this lecture. Further, different time domain specifications have also been de... See More

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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Moving Average Filter - Theory and Software Implementation

Moving average filter theory (time domain, frequency domain, Z-transform, FIR, etc..) and software implementation on a real-time embedded system using an STM32 microcontroller and a...

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Stability of Closed Loop Control Systems

This video explains why we need design tools like the Routh-Hurwitz Criterion, Bode Plots, Nyquist Plots, and Root Locus. This is an introduction into the difficulties of determining the...

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State Space to Transfer Function

In this video we show how to transform a linear state space representation of a dynamic system to an equivalent transfer function representation. We will de...

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TikZ source Code: Lyapunov Lure

TikZ source Code: Lyapunov Lure

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Control Bootcamp: Laplace Transforms and the Transfer Function

Here we show how to compute the transfer function using the Laplace transform.

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Understanding The Sensitivity Function

In this video I explain the sensitivity function and try to demystify the equation used to solve for the nominal sensitivity peak. Sensitivity describes how much process variations affect...

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Reachability and Controllability with Cayley-Hamilton [Control Bootcamp]

Here we use the Cayley-Hamilton Theorem to show that the full state space is reachable if and only if the system is controllable.

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Using a Homogeneous Transformation Matrix to Combine Rotation and Translatio...

In this video we discuss how to properly deal with coordinate frames that are both rotated and translated from one another. We develop a homogeneous transfo...

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Randomized SVD: Power Iterations and Oversampling

This video discusses the randomized SVD and how to make it more accurate with power iterations (multiple passes through the data matrix) and oversampling.

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Data-Driven Control: Change of Variables in Control Systems (Correction)

This video corrects a typo in the previous lecture.

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Designing a PID Controller Using the Ziegler-Nichols Method

In this video we discuss how to use the Ziegler-Nichols method to choose PID controller gains. In addition to discussing the method and providing a Matlab i...

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SVD: Image Compression [Matlab]

This video describes how to use the singular value decomposition (SVD) for image compression in Matlab.

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Discrete control #5: The bilinear transform

This is video number five on discrete control and here, we’re going to cover the famous and useful bilinear transform. The bilinear transform is yet another method for converting, or mapping...

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Transfer Functions: Introduction and Implementation

In this video we introduce transfer functions and show how they can be derived from a set of linear, ordinary differential equations. We also examine how to...

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Linear Regression 1 [Matlab]

This video describes how the singular value decomposition (SVD) can be used for linear regression in Matlab (part 1).

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Extremum Seeking Control in Simulink

This lecture explores extremum-seeking control (ESC) on a simple example in Matlab’s Simulink.

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