1.1 Introduction 2 1.2 History of Automatic Control 4 1.3 Two Examples of the Use of Feedback 7 1.4 Control Engineering Practice 8 1.5 Examples of Modern Control Systems 9 1.6 Automatic Assembly and Robots 16 1.7 The Future Evolution of Control Systems 17 1.8 Engineering Design 18 1.9 Mechatronic Systems 19 1.10 Control Sy....