On our daily lives we interact with devices (some engineered) that can steer toward a desired position. That could be a linear position, in a cart, in a valve or lock, angular position, in a motor or rotary system, or some more complicated 3D task, such as a robot or human arm. For their ubiquity, some may believe that position control is a simple, almost trivial task. They are up for surprises.
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