Understanding Root Locus: A Visual Guide to Building Intuition

Learn why root locus diagrams are a powerful visual tool for analyzing and designing controllers. This tech talk explains how the positions of poles and zeros influence both the stability and response of a system and demonstrates how adjusting these elements can help you shape system behavior. Even if you don’t use root locus directly in your designs, understanding its concepts can make you a better control engineer.

Try it out yourself! This MATLAB^® example shows you how to design a system using a root locus diagram: Root Locus Design