Theory — Automated-systems

Automated Systems, Robotics & Control: 8 topics and 17 interactive cards with runnable examples and quizzes.

Topics

  1. What Is an Automated System — Machines That Run Themselves · Why Automate?
  2. Sensors — Sensing the World — Turning Physical Quantities into Data · Analogue to Digital
  3. Microprocessors — Making Decisions — The Brain of the System · The Decision, in Code
  4. Actuators — Acting on the World — Turning Decisions into Movement
  5. Feedback & Control Systems — The Feedback Loop · A Closed-Loop Simulation
  6. Robotics — What Makes a Robot · Where Robots Are Used
  7. Autonomous & Emerging Systems — Adding Intelligence · Benefits and Risks
  8. Check Your Understanding — The Loop · Feedback · Converters · Foundation Secured