The Demod Squad: A Tutorial on the Utility and Methodologies for Using Modul...

This paper is a brief tutorial on methods for using modulated signals in feedback loops, and especially of the different methods and trade offs used for demodulating those signals to get...

Controlling Robotic Swarms

Come with me to the Robotics, Aerospace, and Information Networks lab at the University of Washington to learn the basics of swarm robotics. Find out how simple distributed algorithms can...

Fast chirp FMCW Radar in automotive applications

FMCW (frequency-modulated continuous wave radar) modulations have been popularly implemented in the automotive radar applications. This document demonstrates system requirement for a new...

MATLAB Example: Train Multiple Agents for Area Coverage

This example demonstrates a multi-agent collaborative-competitive task in which you train three proximal policy optimization (PPO) agents to explore all areas within a grid-world environment...

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...

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.

Autonomous Navigation, Part 1: What is Autonomous Navigation?

Navigation is the ability to determine your location within an environment and to be able to figure out a path that will take you to a goal. This video provides an overview of how we get a...

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...

Sprint - Test Flight 8 and Data Review

This video is part of a series that details the design, build, and test of Sprint - a thrust vector controlled model rocket by Joe Barnard of BPS Space.

Lectures on Modelling and Control of Dynamic Systems (French)

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

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.

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...

Decoding a Laplace Representation of a Controller

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

Simulink Onramp

Learn the basics of how to create, edit, and simulate models in Simulink®. Use block diagrams to represent real-world systems and simulate components and algorithms.

Robotic Car - A Simple Way to Build a Model

You don't always have to work out the math in order to build up a model of your system. Sometimes generating a model is as easy as running a simple test and inspecting the results. I show...

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...

Model-Based Reinforcement Learning: Theory and Practice

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

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.

Systems Engineering, Part 3: The Benefits of Functional Architectures

Functional, logical, and physical architectures are important tools for designing complex systems. We describe what architectures are and how they contribute to the early stages of a project...

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...

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...

MATLAB Example: Waveform Analysis Using the Ambiguity Function

This example shows how to use the ambiguity function to analyze waveforms. It compares range and Doppler capabilities of several common pulsed waveforms such as the rectangular waveform, the...

Use First-Principles Modeling to Get FOPDT Coefficient Values

Conventionally, we obtain model coefficient values by open-loop step-testing of the process; but this creates undesirable process upsets, and only reveals the local process behavior.  This...

Control Bootcamp: Observability Example in Matlab

This video explores observability in Matlab on the example system of an inverted pendulum on a cart.