2.004  Dynamics and Control II

Segway robot competition results

Hi All,

Great job, teams! We really enjoyed working with everyone of you in the lab. Tomorrow during lecture we will present awards to the teams that finished in the top 5 last week:

1. Sith Happens
2. Woopity Scoop
3. Disfunctional & Self Control
4. Sugar Babies
5. Nu Dynamics

Thanks.

The Lab Teaching Staff

Announced on 15 May 2018  2:00  p.m. by Harrison H Chin

Problem Set 10 Details

Hi Class,

Problem Set 10 is posted. This problem set is *Optional* and will not be collected. It is on additional state-space concepts and methods, and you find it interesting to read through.

If you would like to submit Problem Set 10 as a replacement for another problem set, please send me an email directly.

Thanks,
Mei

Announced on 09 May 2018  1:47  p.m. by Mei Yi Cheung

2.004 Quiz 3 Details

Hi Class,

Quiz 3 will be held Wednesday 05/09, during regular class hours 9.30am - 11am, in our usual classroom 4-270.

You may bring *3* pages of double-sided cheatsheets. The cheatsheets can be printed. Cheatsheets must be handed in with your Quiz and will be returned.

90 minutes. Closed-book. Come early as we will start exactly at 9.30am.

*Calculators are allowed and recommended.*

*You are recommended to bring a pencil and eraser for sketching*

Topics for Quiz 3 are:

*All material covered on Problem Sets 1-9 and Labs 1-9 and Quiz 1-2*
All lectures up to Friday 05/04

*Emphasis* will be on the following concepts:

7. Frequency Response Methods
a. Transfer functions (Gain/Poles/Zeros)
b. Bode Plots - Reading Information/ System identification/ Sketching
c. Gain and Phase Margins
d. Stability and Performance - System Type Analysis
e. Minimum phase systems (Excluding Non minimum phase systems)

8. Stability of Linear Systems
a. Closed-loop poles
b. Routh-Hurwitz Criterion
c. Root locus
d. Bode plots
Excluding the Nyquist Stability Criterion

9. Compensator Design for SISO Systems
a. P, PD, PI, PID controllers
b. Lead, lag, lead-lag compensators

You should also expect Fundamental concepts such as transfer functions, block diagrams, characteristic equations etc.

Please refer to the handout "Lecture Topics" uploaded on Stellar/Materials/General for a more detailed list. Feel free to email me or ask on Piazza if any doubts.

Good luck!
Mei

Announced on 04 May 2018  5:34  p.m. by Mei Yi Cheung

Prelab 10 Posted

Bring your solutions to lab next week!

Announced on 03 May 2018  4:15  p.m. by Cameron David McBride

Quiz 3 Review on Saturday 05/05 at 11am - 1pm in Room 3-370

Hi Class,

There's an optional review session this Saturday 05/05 from 11am - 1pm in 3-370.

(Hopefully those of you going to Cinco de Mayo parties will have enough time to recover. Party responsibly.)
-Mei

Announced on 02 May 2018  8:49  p.m. by Mei Yi Cheung