I am the Digikey ambassador at Cornell University. Majoring in Eletrical and Computer Engineering, I have more than four years of experience working in engineering project team environments. My area of experises includes Robotics, Embedded System, Power Electronics, Acuation, and Sensors.
In incidents such as gas leakage, nuclear explosion, we need a robot that can detect survivors, avoid obstacles, scouting the environment, and communicate with survivors in extreme environments.
In this short article, we’ll cover the different types of DC motors that are out there (and why you might want to use them) before examining what closed-loop control is and why you might want to include it in your designs (or not!).