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MECA-Y502

Theory and Practice of Advanced Control

année académique
2024-2025

Titulaire(s) du cours

Emanuele GARONE (Coordonnateur) et Michel KINNAERT

Crédits ECTS

4

Langue(s) d'enseignement

anglais

Contenu du cours

• Nonlinear control (cascade control, input to state stability, introduction to small gain theorem• Kalman filter and extended Kalman filter• Iterative learning control• Feedback linearization

Objectifs (et/ou acquis d'apprentissages spécifiques)

• Study and implementation in simulation of advanced control laws – case studies on transportation system (plane, ship, UAV, airship, …)• Study of a scientific paper describing an advanced control law (iterative learning control) and implementation on one of the didactical processes of the lab.

Méthodes d'enseignement et activités d'apprentissages

Lectures and paper readings alternate with exercise and lab sessiions. The focus is on understanding and applying advanced control methods.

Références, bibliographie et lectures recommandées

D.A. Bristow, M. Tharail and A.G. Alleyne. A survey of iterative learning control: alearning-based method for high-performance tracking control, IEEE Control System Magazine, June 2006.

Contribution au profil d'enseignement

This teaching unit contributes to the following competences:• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the advanced methods and theories to schematize and model complex problems or processes• Reformulate complex engineering problems in order to solve them (simplifying assumptions, reducing complexity)• Correctly report on research or design results in the form of a technical report or in the form of a scientific paper• Present and defend results in a scientifically sound way, using contemporary communication tools, for a national as well as for an international professional or lay audience• Work in an industrial environment with attention to safety, quality assurance, communication and reporting• Think critically about and evaluate projects, systems and processes, particularly when based on incomplete, contradictory and/or redundant information• A creative, problem-solving, result-driven and evidence-based attitude, aiming at innovation and applicability in industry and society• A critical attitude towards one’s own results and those of others• Consciousness of the ethical, social, environmental and economic context of his/her work and strives for sustainable solutions to engineering problems including safety and quality assurance aspects• The flexibility and adaptability to work in an international and/or intercultural context• An attitude of life-long learning as needed for the future development of his/her career• Has an active knowledge of the theory and applications of electronics, information and communication technology, from component up to system level.• Is able to analyse, specify, design, implement, test and evaluate individual electronic devices, components and algorithms, for signal-processing, communication and complex systems.

Autres renseignements

Contacts

Michel.Kinnaert@ulb.ac.be

Evaluation

Méthode(s) d'évaluation

  • Examen oral

Examen oral

Oral examination

Langue(s) d'évaluation

  • anglais

Programmes