Control systems are an integral part of modern technology, enabling precise monitoring and automated control of processes and systems across countless industries. At Boston Engineering, our Control Systems Center of Excellence (COE) is dedicated to advancing the field through innovative solutions.
Control systems can be as simple as a home thermostat regulating temperatures, or incredibly complex, such as those used for aerospace vehicle navigation. They are ubiquitous in manufacturing, energy production, transportation systems, and virtually every domain where automated control enhances efficiency, safety and reliability.
Boston Engineering's Approach - with our Control Systems COE, we take a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach that combines expertise across domains like systems engineering, software, electrical engineering, mathematics, and physics. Our control systems professionals leverage the latest modeling techniques, simulation tools, embedded systems design, optimization algorithms and machine learning capabilities.
What are Control Systems? A control system is an interconnected set of components that regulate the behavior of other systems or processes. It consists of a controller that monitors output, determines deviations from desired performance, and provides inputs to actuators that make adjustments. The goal is to maintain output within a specified range by minimizing errors through this continuous feedback loop. Learn More
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- Where are control systems found?
- Why use a control system?
- Elements of a control system?
- What is control system feedback?
- What are the challenges of control system design?
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Some key elements of our approach include:
- Model-based systems engineering for control system design and analysis
- Rapid prototyping and hardware-in-the-loop simulation
- Real-time monitoring, fault diagnostics and prognostics
- Distributed sensing, data acquisition and industrial networking
- Optimization of control parameters for performance and robustness
- Integration of intelligent adaptive/autonomous control
Example Control Systems Projects:
Our COE teams work on a diverse array of challenging control systems projects, such as:
Autonomous Vehicle Control - Designing integrated control systems for self-driving cars, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and other autonomous transportation. This involves perception, planning, and low-level control of actuators like steering, braking and propulsion.
Industrial Robotics - Developing advanced control architectures for collaborative robot systems used in manufacturing operations. Key areas include coordinated multi-robot control, force control, machine vision and more.
Power Systems Control - Implementing monitoring and control solutions for smart grid operations, renewable energy plants, microgrids and energy storage systems to enable efficient, reliable and sustainable energy production and distribution.
Environmental/Facility Management - Designing integrated building automation systems for HVAC control, lighting control, access control and other facility subsystems to reduce energy costs and improve occupant comfort.
Oil & Gas Operations - Providing control and safety instrumented systems for onshore/offshore drilling, production, transportation and refining processes in alignment with industry standards.
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Boston Engineering is driving control systems innovation to enable our customers to develop differentiated, high-performance products and systems across an array of markets. Reach out to discuss how our COE can support your next control systems initiative.
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