Feedback control systems are central to many advanced technologies such as robotics. In this photo, Mission Specialist Steve Robinson is anchored to a foot restraint on the International Space Station's robotic arm during a spacewalk. (Courtesy of NASA.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. David Trumper
MIT Course Number
2.14 / 2.140
As Taught In
Spring 2014
Level
Undergraduate / Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course develops the fundamentals of feedback control using linear transfer function system models. Topics covered include analysis in time and frequency domains; design in the s-plane (root locus) and in the frequency domain (loop shaping); describing functions for stability of certain non-linear systems; extension to state variable systems and multivariable control with observers; discrete and digital hybrid systems and use of z-plane design. Students will complete an extended design case study. Students taking the graduate version (2.140) will attend the recitation sessions and complete additional assignments.
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