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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Aug
Pages: 10
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Control Systems Lab Using a LEGO Mindstorms NXT Motor System
Kim, Y.
IEEE Transactions on Education, v54 n3 p452-461 Aug 2011
This paper introduces a low-cost LEGO Mindstorms NXT motor system for teaching classical and modern control theories in standard third-year undergraduate courses. The LEGO motor system can be used in conjunction with MATLAB, Simulink, and several necessary toolboxes to demonstrate: 1) a modeling technique; 2) proportional-integral-differential (PID) control; and 3) state feedback control and estimator design. This paper describes the use of these demonstrations during three lab sessions and illustrates their usefulness for helping students to understand the modeling and control systems theories. (Contains 8 footnotes, 1 table, and 11 figures.)
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engines, Theories, Computer Uses in Education, Toys, Cost Effectiveness, Models, Instrumentation, Feedback (Response), Equipment, Mathematical Applications
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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