ENGR5001

Control and Robotics

  • Assessment Exam 100%
  • Week 1 5 Oct 2026

86 questions in the bank - build a practice set - what comes up - must memorise sheet

Most examined topics full breakdown

  1. Proportional, integral, derivative and velocity action (P, PI, PD, PV, PID) about 9 marks per paper, in 9 of 9 papers
  2. Poles, zeros, characteristic equation and stability about 8 marks per paper, in 9 of 9 papers
  3. Feedback, open vs closed loop and the four control objectives about 7 marks per paper, in 7 of 9 papers
  4. Mechanistic and data-based models (mechanical, electrical, thermal, hydraulic), assumptions, nonlinearities about 7 marks per paper, in 8 of 9 papers
  5. 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

old spec 37 papers and answer sheets from ENGR201, ENGR202 (question style and some topics carry over; the syllabus changed)

Weeks

Week 1

5 Oct to 11 Oct
Part 1 - lectures 1-2

10 questions

Week 2

12 Oct to 18 Oct

No current slides yet.

5 questions

Week 3

19 Oct to 25 Oct

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39 questions

Week 4

26 Oct to 1 Nov

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9 questions

Week 5

2 Nov to 8 Nov

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23 questions

Week 6

9 Nov to 15 Nov

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Week 7

16 Nov to 22 Nov

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Week 8

23 Nov to 29 Nov

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Week 9

30 Nov to 6 Dec

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Week 10

7 Dec to 13 Dec

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