USING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) IN AUTOMATIC CONTROL COURSES

An example of how sustainability aspects can be treated in a basic course in automatic control is presented. This is done by connecting the subject to some of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and giving examples of how automatic control can contribute to the fulfillment of these goals. The examples are inspired and illustrated using videos and images taken from the internet, showing various examples of applications where feedback control plays a crucial role. On several occasions during the course a part of the lecture time is used to show a video, describe how the control subject comes in, and how the use of feedback control via the application can contribute to the fulfillment of the SDG.