Introduction

Question 1

a device or mechanism used to regulate or guide the operation of a machine, apparatus, or system.

Answer 1

Control

Question 2

interdependent group of items forming a unified whole or serving a common purpose.

Answer 2

System

Question 3

combination of elements arranged for the purpose of obtaining a desired output with desired performance, given a specified input (Norman Nise).

Answer 3

Control System

Question 4

the input (____________ signal) r control the output (____________ variable) y through a ________ action process

Answer 4

actuating, controlled, control

Question 5

Brief History of Automatic Control

300 - 1 BC: float regulator mechanisms in Greece for ___________.

Liquid Level Control

Answer 5

water clock

Question 6

250 BC: liquid level control in an ____________

Liquid Level Control

Answer 6

oil lamp

Question 7

1647-1712: Dennis Papin invented the first ____________.

Steam Pressure and Temperature Control

Answer 7

pressure regulator

Question 8

1745: speed control was applied to a ________ by Edmund Lee

Speed Control

Answer 8

windmill

Question 9

1769: James Watt’s flyball governor invented to control the speed of ____________.

Speed Control

Answer 9

steam engines

Question 10

1874: Henry Bessemer, using a ________ to sense a ship’s motion and applying power generated by the ship’s ____________ system.

Speed Control

Answer 10

gyro, hydraulic

Question 11

1922: Nicolas Minorsky wrote for the first time the mathematical law applied to the automatic steering of ships that led to what we call today ____________________

Twentieth-Century Developments

Answer 11

proportional-integral-derivative (PID)

Question 12

late 1920s - early 1930s: H.W. Bode and H. Nyquist at Bell Telephone Laboratories developed the analysis of ____________

Twentieth-Century Developments

Answer 12

feedback amplifiers

Question 13

1965: ________________ controller were first introduced by Professor Lotfi Zadeh, and have gained popularity due to their adaptability and high performance.

Twentieth-Century Developments

Answer 13

Fuzzy logic

Question 14

1990s: Manufacturing companies emphasize ____________.

Twentieth-Century Developments

Answer 14

automation

Question 15

Present: ________________ technologies are helping advance the next generation of some control systems.

Twentieth-Century Developments

Answer 15

artificial intelligence (AI)