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AE
- AE 461
- AE 483
ECE
- ECE 446
- ECE 470
- ECE 486
SE
- SE 320
- SE 420
- SE 423
ME
- ME 340
- ME 360
- ME 446
- ME 460
- ME 461
- ME 598
People
- Dan Block
  lab manager

Control Systems Instructional Laboratory :: Pedagogy by Practice

Robot arm picture

UR3 Robot Arms

Eight 6-DOF robot arms are used in ECE 470 to teach forward and inverse kinematics, manipulability and machine vision. >

Furuta Pendulum Picture

Furuta pendulum

SE 420 covers digital control. The final project features the Furuta pendulum, covering stabilization and swingup control >

CLASSES

ECE 446,
ECE 470,
ECE 486, SE 320,
SE 420,
SE 423, ME 340,
ME 360,
ME 460, ME 461,
ME 598,
AE 461, AE 483,
ME 446

Do It Yourself Control System Project
Build your own Segbot. A Segway style balancing robot.

Control System Block Diagram

Control System

Learn how control lab robots are leading innovation in multi-agent research.
> watch video (wmv)

CONTROL INFO

Control Systems Laboratory
Laura Schmitt
Engineering Outlook article
Control Engineering
Wikipedia article
Control Theory
Wikipedia article
Mechatronics
Wikipedia article

Precision. Accuracy. Speed.

Control Systems Instructional Laboratory
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
306 N. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801