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ialsoagree t1_j3rg4pz wrote

Reply to comment by Sariel007 in Physicists have discovered that mimicking human muscles can lead to more efficiently designed electric motors for use in robots and appliances. Their bioinspired motors use up to 22% less energy, have a greater range of motion and can lift objects higher than typical electric motors. by Sariel007

Why is this noteworthy?

PID control loops have existed for over 100 years. I started working in controls engineering about 10 years ago and PLCs could automatically tune PID control loops for you. You don't even have to program it, you just tell the PLC to tune the loop and it figures it out on its own.

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