Standard HW Problem #1: PID and Root Locus

A walk through of a typical homework problem using the root locus method to tune a PID controller. This is the first in what may be a series of homework style problems I'll cover. This is...

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State Space in Process Control

An overview on how we can derive a state space model from a given set of state variables and inputs, as well as an intro to deviation variables. This is part...

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PID Control with Posicast 7 - ( In English )

In this video closed-loop configurations with PID controllers and Posicast are introduced.

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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

Stanford CS234: Reinforcement Learning | Winter 2019 | Lecture 15 - Batch Re...

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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RL Course by David Silver - Lecture 5: Model Free Control

Dives into On Policy Monte-Carlo Control and Temporal Difference Learning, as well as Off-Policy Learning.

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Equations of Motion for a Planar Vehicle

In this video we outline equations of motion for a simple planar vehicle. This model is suitable for vehicles such as boats or hovercraft that that are rest...

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Peter Ponders PID - Lead/lag closed loop control

Motor position control using a lead lag filter for closing the loop. The result is a motion that doesn't overshoot but has a little bit more lag than a PID.... See More

Control Bootcamp: Example Frequency Response (Bode Plot) for Spring-Mass-Da...

This video shows how to compute and interpret the Bode plot for a simple spring-mass-damper system.

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Designing a Lead Compensator with Root Locus

This video walks through a phase lead compensator example using the Root Locus method.

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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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A Nonlinear, 6 DOF Dynamic Model of an Aircraft: the Research Civil Aircraft...

In this video we develop a dynamic model of an aircraft by describing forces and moments generated by aerodynamic, propulsion, and gravity that act on the ai...

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SVD and Optimal Truncation

This video describes how to truncate the singular value decomposition (SVD) for matrix approximation.

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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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Controllability of a Linear System: The Controllability Matrix and the PBH T...

In this video we explore controllability of a linear system. We discuss two methods to test for controllability, the controllability matrix as well as the P...

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TikZ source Code: Interconnected MIMO Subsystems

TikZ source Code: Interconnected MIMO Subsystems with different input and output dimensions

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Data-Driven Control: Error Bounds for Balanced Truncation

In this lecture, we derive error bounds for the balanced truncation.

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The Frobenius Norm for Matrices

This video describes the Frobenius norm for matrices as related to the singular value decomposition (SVD).

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DC Gain

In this video we discuss the DC gain of a dynamic system.Topics and time stamps:(0:12) – Introduction to DC gain(7:04) – Derivation of DC gain(11:49) – Relat...

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Control Systems Lectures - Time and Frequency Domain

This lecture introduces the time and frequency domains. A very quick description of the Laplace Transform is given which will be the base of many of classical control lectures in the future...

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Derivation of the 1D Wave Equation

In this video, we derive the 1D wave equation. This partial differential equation (PDE) applies to scenarios such as the vibrations of a continuous string. ...

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Control Systems Lectures - Closed Loop Control

This lecture discusses the differences between open loop and closed loop control.

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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 CL and CD.

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Frequency domain – tutorial 12: FT of periodic signals

In this video, we learn how to find the Fourier transform for periodic signals. The following materials are covered:1) relation between Fourier transform and...

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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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