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Robotics Ladder ยท High school ยท Grade 11โ€“12

Feedback and Control

Open and closed loops, proportional control, the full PID step by step, first-order response and time constants, and stability, with a PID tuner to play with.

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5 topics in 3 units. Builds on Programming Robots and Mechanics and Motion. Leads to Mobile Robots and Navigation. Not sure this is the right course? Find your rung.

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Unit 1 Feedback Loops

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Measure, compare, correct: why closing the loop works.

  1. Open and Closed Loops

Unit 2 PID Control

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Proportional, integral and derivative, one term at a time.

  1. Proportional Control
  2. One Step of a PID Controller

Unit 3 Response and Stability

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How fast a system settles, and when a controller makes things worse.

  1. Time Constants
  2. Stability and Tuning