As the AI Revolution continues, all sectors of the economy are affected, and no aspect of society is spared.
The content of education and platforms for teaching, learning, and research are dramatically affected across all academic disciplines.
Engineering education is no exception.
Specifically, the curriculum for Control Systems (A key subject in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Aerospace/Aeronautics Engineering) must be radically changed.
In addition to traditional MATLAB techniques, newer computer-aided Design (CAD) methods now exist, such as Simulink Control Design, LabVIEW, SPICE-Based Simulation Software, SimPowerSystems, Stateflow, and Mathcad.
More significantly, a new and transformative field has emerged: AI-Based Design and Analysis of Control Systems.
This has been a game-changer in the development, teaching, research, and application of control systems methods.
Furthermore, advanced and fascinating AI and Control Systems applications have been conceived.
These include unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), driverless cars, autonomous mining vehicles, intelligent fleet management systems, robotic farm equipment, autonomous weapons systems;
Recent Space Vehicles such as:
Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket,
China’s Chang’e-4 spacecraft,
Japanese Moon Lander,
India’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander,
Russia’s Luna 25 (Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat),
Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C Lander (Odysseus);
And Advanced Humanoid Robots such as:
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas,
Honda’s ASIMO,
Hanson Robotics’ Sophia,
Tesla’s Optimus (Tesla Bot),
Artistic Humanoid – Ai-Da.
Indeed, business as usual cannot be maintained in the field of Control Systems Engineering.
There is a need for reimagination and thought leadership.
The new book (770 pages), “Design and Analysis of Control Systems—Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” was written within this context.
It is published by the Taylor & Francis Group (CRC Press) – Routledge.
The Book (Hardback and E-Book) can be ordered from the following websites:
1) Routledge (Taylor & Francis)
https://www.routledge.com/Design-and-Analysis-of-Control-Systems-Driving-the-Fourth-Industrial
Revolution/Mutambara/p/book/9781032718804
2) Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Design-Analysis-Control-Systems-Industrial
ebook/dp/B0CKFKF3JC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
