97969 - Laboratory of Actuators and Automatic Control P-IM

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Moduli: Lorenzo Marconi (Modulo 1) Michelangelo Bin (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Mechatronics (cod. 6009)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the laboratory, the student has acquired numerical simulation tools and knows how to apply them to the study of simple dynamical systems, with particular emphasis on direct current motors. The student has also gained hands-on experience with DC motors in developing simple feedback controls in the presence of varying references and loads.

Course contents

  • Introduction to MATLAB/Simulink and the Control Toolbox

  • Modeling and simulation of continuous-time dynamical systems

  • Frequency-domain analysis through simulation

  • Trial-and-error design examples

  • Implementation of compensator networks and PID controllers

  • Examples

  • Readings/Bibliography

  • MATLAB online help

  • Instructor’s material

  • Alberto Cavallo, Roberto Setola, Francesco Vasca, Operational Guide to MATLAB Simulink and Control Toolbox, Feltrinelli

  • Teaching methods

  • MATLAB Simulink in the laboratory

  • Exercises on the blackboard

  • Assessment methods

    MATLAB/Simulink test in the laboratory

    Teaching tools

    Matlab/Simulink

    Office hours

    See the website of Lorenzo Marconi

    See the website of Michelangelo Bin