I studied physics in college, and I’m always surprised how fundamental some of the concepts are. Take waves for example. You really wouldn’t expect the same underlying concept to be at work on surface ...

This year I am helping us laugh and possibly learn by making one of my humorous books available to download for free in this year’s first six columns. The fourth book is Logical Thoughts at 4:00 am.

Accurate determination of the inflection point was given high priority for this test method. To accomplish this, a circular buffer for the input readings is created that's sized to 6% of the samples ...

MultiSim is a simulation tool for energy systems consisting of multiple different parts like pipes, storages, valves, heat exchangers, etc. F.i. technical appliances such as space or water heating ...

Abstract: A new robust proportional-integrative-derivative (PID) tuning method based on nonlinear optimization is developed. The closed-loop bandwidth is maximized for specified gain and phase margins ...

Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots are widely recognized for their flexibility and adaptability in constrained environments, making them invaluable for most applications, such as medical surgery, ...

A sliding-mode control based on a prescribed performance function is proposed for discrete-time single-input single-output systems. The controller design aims to ...

Abstract: This paper presents an algorithm to determine PID controller tuning regions that guarantee the stability of closed-loop control systems using the pole placement method, assigning a known ...

As I said in my first column in December 2012, proportional/integral/derivative (PID) solutions seem to require an expertise that is in the hands of a few. But here I ...