ENGR5001
Control and Robotics
86 questions in the bank - build a practice set - what comes up - must memorise sheet
Most examined topics full breakdown
- Proportional, integral, derivative and velocity action (P, PI, PD, PV, PID) about 9 marks per paper, in 9 of 9 papers
- Poles, zeros, characteristic equation and stability about 8 marks per paper, in 9 of 9 papers
- Feedback, open vs closed loop and the four control objectives about 7 marks per paper, in 7 of 9 papers
- Mechanistic and data-based models (mechanical, electrical, thermal, hydraulic), assumptions, nonlinearities about 7 marks per paper, in 8 of 9 papers
- Block diagram analysis and closed-loop Transfer Functions about 6 marks per paper, in 9 of 9 papers
Textbooks for ENGR5001: the recommended books with library links and free alternatives.
Weeks marked old spec also list slides from the module this one replaced (ENGR202, ENGR201). They are a preview of what is probably coming, not the current syllabus: topics, order and notation may differ, and nothing in them is examinable unless the current slides cover it.
Past papers
- ENGR270 In-person Main Exam Paper 2025-26paper - 2025
- ENGR270 In-person Main Exam Paper 2025-26 answerssolutions - 2025
old spec 37 papers and answer sheets from ENGR201, ENGR202 (question style and some topics carry over; the syllabus changed)
- ENGR201 Main -Exam Paper - 2024 Combinedpaper - 2024
- ENGR201 Main -Exam Paper - 2024 Combinedpaper - 2024
- ENGR201 Main Exam Paper 2024-25paper - 2024
- ENGR201 Main Exam Paper 2024-25paper - 2024
- ENGR202 Main Exam 2024paper - 2024
- ENGR202 Main Exam 2024paper - 2024
- ENGR202 Main Exam 2024 answersanswers - 2024
- ENGR202 Main Exam 2024 answersanswers - 2024
- ENGR202 Main Exam 2024-25paper - 2024
- ENGR202 Main Exam 2024-25paper - 2024
- ENGR202 Main Exam 2024-25 answersanswers - 2024
- ENGR202 Main Exam 2024-25 answersanswers - 2024
- ENGR201 ( Part A) 2023 Exam Numerical answersanswers - 2023
- ENGR201 Exam 2023 Section Apaper - 2023
- ENGR201 Exam 2023-Section Bpaper - 2023
- ENGR202 Exam 2023 v2paper - 2023
- ENGR202_exam2022_Part_B_numericalanswers - 2022
- ENGR201 Exam (Lent) 2021paper - 2021
- ENGR201 Exam (Michaelmas) 2021paper - 2021
- ENGR201 Exam Part A 2021-22paper - 2021
- ENGR201 Exam Part B 2021-22paper - 2021
- ENGR202 Exam Control 2021paper - 2021
- ENGR202 Exam Instrumentation 2021paper - 2021
- ENGR202 Exam Part A 2021-22 Finalpaper - 2021
- ENGR202 Exam Part B 2021-22paper - 2021
- ENGR202_exam2021_Part_B_numericalanswers - 2021
- ENGR201_Exam_ 2019paper - 2019
- ENGR202_Exam_2019 (1)paper - 2019
- ENGR202_exam2019_Part_B_numericalanswers - 2019
- ENGR201_2018paper - 2018
- ENGR202_2018paper - 2018
- ENGR201_Exam_2017paper - 2017
- ENGR202 Numerical Answers 2017answers - 2017
- ENGR202_Exam_2017rev2paper - 2017
- ENGR201 Part A answersanswers
- ENGR202 206apaper
- ENGR202_exam2223_Part_B_numericalanswers
Weeks
Week 1
5 Oct to 11 Oct
Part 1 - lectures 1-2
- ENGR5001_P1_lecture1slides
- ENGR5001_P1_lecture2slides
- ENGR5001_Part1_SAQexercises
old spec
Week 2
12 Oct to 18 Oct
No current slides yet.
old spec
Week 3
19 Oct to 25 Oct
No current slides yet.
old spec
- Control 3.1 Laplace TransformsENGR202
- Control 3.2 Worked ExampleENGR202
- Control 3.3 Transfer FunctionsENGR202
- Control 3.4 - exercise answersENGR202
- Control 3.4 Poles, Zeros and StabilityENGR202
- Control 3.5 Hurwitz Stability CriterionENGR202
- Control 3.6 Block Diagram AnalysisENGR202
- Engineering Analysis Laplace transforms, inverse transforms and ODEsENGR201
Week 4
26 Oct to 1 Nov
No current slides yet.
old spec
- Control 4.1 - exercise answersENGR202
- Control 4.1 FeedbackENGR202
- Control 4.2 Example DC MotorENGR202
- Control 4.3 - exercise answersENGR202
- Control 4.3 Control ObjectivesENGR202
- Control 4.4 Proportional ActionENGR202
- Control 4.5 Integral ActionENGR202
- Control 4.6 - exercise answersENGR202
- Control 4.6 Derivative and VelocityENGR202
Week 5
2 Nov to 8 Nov
No current slides yet.
old spec
Week 6
9 Nov to 15 Nov
Nothing synced for this week yet.
Week 7
16 Nov to 22 Nov
Nothing synced for this week yet.
Week 8
23 Nov to 29 Nov
Nothing synced for this week yet.
Week 9
30 Nov to 6 Dec
Nothing synced for this week yet.
Week 10
7 Dec to 13 Dec
Nothing synced for this week yet.