Introduction to Control Systems
An introductory overview of feedback and system behavior.
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Articles
A Primer on State-Space Models
Writing a mechanical system in state-space form, and reading its stability from the eigenvalues of one matrix.
Feedback and System Behavior
How closing the loop changes the speed of a simple first-order system and how sensitive its output is to plant errors and disturbances, checked with a short simulation.
Insights
Model-Based Control and Learned Policies
A short comparison of model-based control and learning-based policies, separating what is well established from interpretation and open questions.
When Is a Kalman Filter Enough?
A short comparison of the Kalman filter, its nonlinear variants and particle filters, with a rough guide to choosing between them and a list of what stays hard.