Much like the Sorcerer's Apprentice, who unleashed a flood by over-relying on enchanted brooms, we seem eager to offload responsibility onto AI while clinging to the illusion of control. In our quest ...

If you've ever glanced at your car's gear shift and noticed an "M", you might have wondered what it means. Automatic vehicles often come with various selector modes to improve the driving experience.

Automatic transmissions are pretty self-explanatory, and for the most part, fairly foolproof. Most of us will be familiar with the usual settings found on an automatic shifter, with P, R, N, and D ...

Uber is putting its autonomous vehicles back on Pittsburgh’s city streets, four months after a fatal accident involving one of its self-driving cars prompted the ride-hailing company to halt testing ...

Power plants–especially coal-fired boilers–pose a set of process control problems unparalleled in other industries. Rapid load ramps, continuous unit demand changes, variable fuel quality and process ...

PID control is the gold standard for most moving machines, and quite adequate in most applications that require closed-loop control. However, it's vulnerable to disturbances, and tuning can be tedious ...

ISA published the fourth edition of the Control Systems Engineering Exam Reference Manual: A Practical Study Guide by Bryon Lewis, PE, CMfgE, CCNA. In this Q&A feature, Lewis explains why he was ...