!!Con West 2019 - Wesley Aptekar-Cassels: Robots, rockets, and more! Control theory in 10 minutes!

Presented at !!Con West 2019: http://bangbangcon.com/west Control theory is a branch of science and engineering dedicated to understanding and analyzing systems, how they respond to input, and how to control them. Learning about control theory has changed the way I view the world — having the tools to think about the stability of systems and the mechanics of closed-loop feedback has been far more widely applicable than I’d thought. Control theory is also a fun way to see the practical applications of math that is normally abstract (it turns out that imaginary numbers can actually reflect properties of systems that we intuitively think of!). Plus, it’s lots of fun to watch robots move around!