Lecture: Introduction
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Overview
The goal of this lecture is to introduce some of the basic ideas in feedback systems and provide examples that will allow students to identify and recognize control systems in their everyday world. Two major principles of control--robustness through feedback and design of dynamics--are emphasized throughout the lecture.
Lecture Materials
- Caltech CDS 101/110, Fall 2008:
- Slides: Introduction to Feedback and Control: pdf, key
Note: this file references a couple of movies that are not publicly available, but some similar videos are available: - Video: Team Caltech's Bob at the 2004 DARPA Grand Challenge
- Video: Escape Behavior of Fly in Response to Looming Visual Stimulus
- Video: Papplewick Pumping Station 25-10-08 4 (steam engine with Watt governor)
- Slides: Introduction to Feedback and Control: pdf, key
- Caltech CDS 101/110, Fall 2004: this material was split into two lectures
Additional Reading
- R. M. Murray (ed), Control in an Information Rich World, SIAM, 2003.
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