Modelling a DC servomotor is one of the common examples used in control system textbooks and courses. Given that so many systems use DC motors, e.g. robot manipulator arms, it’s an important exercise to go through as well. If you...
I consider myself lucky to seemingly have an endless opportunity to work on really cool projects at Quanser. And sometimes, few of those projects turn into something special. This was the case when I was introduced to Sam Stubblefield and Joshua Borsman. Two...
With over a decade of presence in Brazil, Quanser products are used by over 30 institutions in South America’s largest country. Like other universities around the world, Brazilian engineering schools had to find innovative ways to offer laboratory courses remotely...
PID is hands-down, the most popular type of control method used in industry. However, there are many variations of PID controllers and different design methods to find the proportional, derivative, and integral gains. In this blog we show how fast...
For those already familiar with reinforcement learning, the challenges of bringing it to the classroom are clear. It is a complex area of research and a moving target for educators. And because it is only a tool with no single...
Model Predictive Control (MPC) has gained a lot of popularity over the last 15 years and for a good reason – it works well with relatively little design effort. MPC was originally developed for the process control industry. So it only made sense to test...
