The adaptive control system is particularly at home in the fields of automation, industry and Factory 4.0 as well as artificial intelligence. It is a technology that enables machines or processes to adapt independently to changing conditions.
Imagine a production plant manufacturing products under different environmental conditions - sometimes it is hot, sometimes cold, the raw materials differ slightly. A conventional system would always work according to the same specifications. An adaptive control system, on the other hand, recognises these changes and automatically adjusts the settings so that the quality remains consistently high.
This not only makes operation more reliable, but often also more efficient and saves costs. Typical examples are modern heating systems that adapt to the outside temperature and user behaviour, or industrial robots that independently adjust to different components.
Adaptive control systems are an important step towards the smart factory and help companies to remain flexible and competitive. They make processes more robust against disruptions and provide the basis for many automation solutions of the future.
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