MATLAB function: phased.LCMVBeamformer

The phased.LCMVBeamformer object implements a narrowband linear-constraint minimum-variance (LCMV) beamformer for a sensor array. The LCMV beamformer belongs to the family of constrained...

Output Characterization to Linearize a Loop - Control valve application

This application paper explains how a control valve created nonlinearity in a loop and how output characterization solved the problem

Solving Systems of Equations Using the Optimization Penalty Method

In this video we show how to solve a system of equations using numerical optimization instead of analytically solving. We show that this can be applied to e...

Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers

This is the wiki for the text Feedback Systems (second edition) by Karl J. Åström and Richard M. Murray. On this resource you will find the complete text of the book as well as additional...

Two Tank System: C MEX-File Modeling of Time-Continuous SISO System

This MATLAB example shows how to perform IDNLGREY modeling based on C MEX model files. It uses a simple system where nonlinear state space modeling really pays off.

What Is a Control System and Why Should I Care? (Part 1)

This video is the first of a two part series.  It in introduces the basic concepts of feedback with lots of visual examples.  The idea is to show that not only are these principles...

Minami's Control School (Japanese)

教員のみなみゆうきです．専門は制御工学です．制御工学は「モノの動きをデザインする科学」です．制御工学を勉強したいという方に，僕の知識をすこしでも届けられると良いなと思い，YouTubeをやっています．

2019年の秋，講義ノートの作成の様子を撮影し，YouTubeに動画をアップロードしたのを契機として，動画作成をはじめました...

Model-Based Reinforcement Learning: Theory and Practice

Blog post by Michael Janner of Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research on model-based reinforcement learning.

Lectures on Modelling and Control of Dynamic Systems (French)

Lectures on Modelling and Control of Dynamic Systems from Patrick Lanusse of Bordeaux INP, France.

Projectile Motion Practice Problems

In this video, practice along questions on an important topic of Kinematics i.e Projectile Motion. Practicing would help you remember the concepts and also understand them better.

Robotic Car - How to read Gyro Datasheets (Part 2)

Have you ever been lost trying to understand the information in a gyro datasheet? This video should help! In this second part I explain the purpose of a buffer for a MEMS gyro and explain...

Adaptive Control (Part I) — Hypersonics and the MIT Rule

This blog post introduces the algorithm that ruled the adaptive flight control system of the first manned hypersonic aircraft, the North American X-15.

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...

Understanding P, I, and D

Understanding what the proportional, integral, and derivative terms do within the PID controller is essential to choose appropriate action, trouble shoot controllers, chose appropriate...

A Statistical Noise Filter

A noise filter that uses Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques to temper tampering

Decoding a Laplace Representation of a Controller

A how to relate the Laplace notation to the PID controller variation and features

Intro to Data Science: Answering Questions with Data

This lecture describes the central aspect of data science: asking and answering questions with data. In particular, we discuss the thought process and progression of questions one might ask...

Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering

A curated list of resources for Chemical Engineering students. The resources include syllabi, schedules, course notes, textbooks, screencasts, software, hardware, and other useful links.

Feedback in the Squishy Stuff: Introducing Chemical and Biological Process ...

Feedback doesn’t just happen in robots and self-driving cars, but in the regulation of our very bodies and in the ways in which we transform raw ingredients into materials we can use, be...

System Identification: DMD Control Example

This lecture gives a Matlab example of dynamic mode decomposition with control (DMDc) for full-state system identification.

Advanced process control (APC): Theory & Applications in SAGD

This webinar is presented by Thiago Avila and covers what APC is, why we do it, examples of APC in the SAGD industry, what optimization opportunities are available, and where this technology...

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) 1 [Python]

This video describes how the singular value decomposition (SVD) can be used for principal component analysis (PCA) in Python (part 1).

Autonomous Navigation, Part 3: Understanding SLAM Using Pose Graph Optimizat...

This video provides some intuition around Pose Graph Optimization—a popular framework for solving the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem in autonomous navigation.

We’ll...

Introduction to Radar Systems: Target Radar Cross Section

This course is presented by Robert M. O'Donnell, a former researcher at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and is designed to instill a basic working knowledge of radar systems.

The set of 10 lectures...

Feedforward Control

When a Ratio Control strategy takes action too soon, use Feedforward to temper the dynamics.  When a disturbance can be measured, but would not be a ratio of the control output use...