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Figure 1. The intelligent control system

As it’s presented in the Figure above, the intelligent control systems would deal with the
controller, plant and sensors. The controller is so commonly hardware with some computer’s
generated program that would handle the entire system. In control engineering, it’s so usual to
call the actuator a part of the plant for a reason that subsystem would manage some sort of
process or activity.

Finally, in a feedback branch – we would get some sensors that would serve as data collectors.
In addition, what’s given through the previous Figure is disturbance variable that is only a
physical parameter that would distract the entire plant from its operation. Right here, we would
give some examples what the mentioned control system could cover on.

For instance, the controller could be some printed board or electronics that would deal with
some software solution being previously transferred to its processing unit. On the other hand,
the plant could be some robotic arm or pneumatic cylinder that would get actuated using some
DC motor or pneumatic driving system. These devices could suffer some disturbance being, for
instance, the high network’s voltage or the unstable air pressure. So, the final destination to our
plant would be some mechanical, electrical or combined system that would get managed to
work so smoothly relying on electronics board and some actuating device.

So, why the sensors, detectors and measuring devices are so important as the part of the
feedback channel? As it’s known, we would say that those pieces of the intelligent control
system would increase the technological IQ of that solution. When you deal with the intelligent
control systems relying on a certain level of simplicity – you would realize the sensors and
supporting equipment are so suitable for the good data gathering. The sensor itself is not
sufficient to put some intelligence to the entire solution, but if you connect it with the electronics

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