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Control Bootcamp: Overview

The opening lecture of Steve Brunton's Control Bootcamp, covering the kinds of control and why closed-loop feedback matters. It starts a series that follows the control chapter of the Brunton and Kutz data-driven science book.

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends the series as an approachable but rigorous way to learn control theory, with good production quality.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Steve Brunton
Topic
control theory
Format
lecture
Level
intro
HN recommenders in dataset
4
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2020–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Steve Brunton, a University of Washington professor has a sweet lecture series called the Control Bootcamp that dives deep into control fundamentals while still being approachable. Great production values too: [VIDEO]

    acidbaseextract on Hacker News · 2020-08
    In Efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better
  • Not a book, but this series on Youtube is excellent. [VIDEO] > familiar with Nyquist-Shannon's theorem BTW: In control theory there is also [LINK]

    lagrange77 on Hacker News · 2022-06
    In You need to know what right-half-plane zeros are
  • Big fan of steve brunton's control bootcamp series. Helped me through my control systems courses greatly [VIDEO] Great for robotics, or anything where you need to control complex physical systems, from f1 cars to 3d characters in games

    RugnirViking on Hacker News · 2023-04
    In Ask HN: What are some of the best university courses available online for free?

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