Concepts of Automatic Control Lab

The labcourse Concepts of Control Automatic Control is designed to deepen the fundamentals learned in the bachelor's programme. Methods such as the modelling of a mechanical-electrical system, simulation of the model, and controller design and implementation are explored in depth and applied to a physical system.

The focus is on solving a specific problem in a group. The task is to be worked on independently over five afternoons and in the form of homework.

The physical system is a two-rotor helicopter that is attached to a boom and can perform rotational movements. This model reveals the difficulties that arise in a real helicopter on a small scale.

• The introductory session will take place on Thursday, 09 October 2025, at 12:55 p.m. in room 2.255 (Pfaffenwaldring 9).
• Entrance test for all internship participants on Thursday, 16. October 2025
• The groups consist of two to four students.The labcourse will be conducted in two cycles, with each student participating in only one cycle.
• Each cycle consists of five afternoons, on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, and Friday from 2:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. in room 9.0.255.
• The Friday sessions will only take place if all other sessions are full.
• After each afternoon, an experiment report with the existing objectives must be submitted.
  Registration via the C@MPUS-System
• All necessary information is provided via the ILIAS-System
• . Please set up an account and check your emails regularly, or set up email forwarding.
• Registration for the ILIAS course takes place automatically when you register in the C@MPUS system.
• After registering in the C@MPUS-System, please open the  ILIAS Course once to enter the necessary course-specific data.

1. C@MPUS registration
   1. Visit the campus homepage ‘campus.uni-stuttgart.de’
   2. Click on ‘Login’ in the top right-hand corner
2. Join the course ‘Praktikum Konzepte der Regelungstechnik WS 25/26’
   1. Log in at the top right-hand corner of the C@MPUS homepage ‘campus.uni-stuttgart.de’
   2. Navigate to the Institute for System Theory and Control Engineering:
      University of Stuttgart
   3. In the ‘Research and Teaching’ section, click on “Courses”
   4. Select the course ‘Praktikum Konzepte der Regelungstechnik’
   5. Join the course. You can only join during the registration period!
3. Enter the course-specific data in the ILIAS-System.
   1. Visit the ILIAS homepage ‘ilias3.uni-stuttgart.de’ (without www!).
   2. Click on ‘Login’ in the top right-hand corner and register.
   3. Attend the course ‘Praktikum Konzepte der Regelungstechnik’.
   4. When you log in for the first time, you will be asked to enter the following data
      1. Course of study
      2. Email address
      3. Master's degree or diploma
      4. Your preferences for the days of the week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday
      5. Your preferences for the first or second cycle (either, first cycle, second cycle)
      6. Please note: These are only preferences. Due to the general conditions, we cannot guarantee that you will be assigned to your preferred date.
   5. If, after registering, you realise that you have provided incorrect information or that your preferences for individual weekdays have changed, you can only change this by withdrawing from the course and re-registering. However, this is only possible during the registration period. After that, please send an email to the internship coordinator.
   6. Please ensure that you check your account regularly for new emails, as important messages regarding the labcourse will be sent to this address. You can also have emails sent to your ILIAS account forwarded to the specified email address. You can set this up under ‘Personal Profile > Mail Settings’.