We keep your machines under control
We enable manufacturers and creators to maximize their machinery’s efficiency.
What We Offer
Our Services
System Modeling & Digital Twins
We are able to use the sensors you already have to develop a model describing the behavior of your system.
Identifying the model that governs a dynamic system can be advantageous for several people in the organization, not only for the technicians and engineers.
From leadership using it to take strategic actions to Sales Departments leveraging product enhancements to retain and attract more customers. Unlocking the ‘black box’ behind your equipment provides a decisive competitive advantage.
Advanced Control & Performance
Your operation can be more efficient. We use your data to first go through a process of system modelling and then move towards optimizing the desired behavior of your equipment.
With modern advanced control techniques, we can enhance robustness, improve energy efficiency, and intentionally address known constraints. We eliminate the guesswork.
Leadership can rely on theoretical guarantees and focus on business. Engineering can save time by not tuning up equipment and resources by scheduling strategic maintenance. And sales can use all of the benefits to advertise!
Engineering Advisory
For open problems in your operation, we can help with customized smart solutions. From a simple decision assistance up to a complex analysis of a system aiming at cost reductions.
We focus on lasting solutions that bring true value to our clients. Our goal is always to design the simplest possible and robust solution – the overhead of something new must not exceed its own positive aspects!
We intend to bring information and solutions that will pave strategic leadership and engineering decisions.
Innovation and Prototyping
Unlike the Advisory service, here we dive deeper into the problem, handle the custom project itself, and help create the solution. Think of us as your Outsourced R&D team.
We are versed in popular programming languages and frameworks used in industry: C, C++, Python, and MATLAB/Simulink.
We work closely with the client’s personnel, with continuous iterations around the solution. Both the leadership people and the engineering crew are kept in the update loop regarding our current state and efforts.
Training & Refinement
For cases where your team needs some reinforcement on an isolated topic. From basic techniques as Routh-Hurwitz criteria, up to non-linear control laws and passing through filters, robust and MPC.
We prepare content customized for your crew, be it written, recorded, live, or all at the same time. We intend to equip them with the knowledge needed to enhance their daily operation.
This isn’t just a matter of professional development; it’s a strategic move that enhances innovation, improves efficiency, and reduces reliance on external consultants.
About us
Unwrapping magical numbers for a stable future
Under Control was conceived in response to the frustration Henrique and Pedro experienced when dealing with automated machines that were never correctly profiled due to the “there is no time for this” attitude. This approach usually has led to suboptimal performance and, in many cases, excessive time spent tuning controllers. Not rarely, such controllers have put the system near the “getting out of control” situation (the famous non-convergence).
They have taken the mission themselves to bring light to those numbers that govern the systems used daily by all sorts of companies. Under Control relies on modern techniques to estimate not only parameters, but also the model structure of the system being analyzed. But the mission is only complete if model information is used, and Under Control offers the complete solution by offering custom-tailored control laws. Leveraging control techniques that handle real-world practical constraints like energy consumption or actuator excursion limitation.
Summing up, Under Control was created to uncover the numbers of the machines that build our world, and make them work efficiently!
Henrique Pereira, PhD
Henrique is a seasoned, specialized professional in Control Systems, Automation, and Applied Electronics. His extensive academic background includes a Ph.D. from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology, with research at TUHH in Germany. He possesses deep expertise in Model Predictive Control, Hybrid Systems, and Sampled-Data Filtering. Henrique leverages his experience in both academia and industrial automation, including work at Vallourec, to model, analyze, and implement dynamic systems. He emphasizes clarity, ethics, and effective communication when collaborating, believing in empathetic knowledge sharing. Excelling in team settings, he values open dialogue and innovative results. He is currently a Professor at the Federal Institute of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Pedro Daniel, PhD
Pedro specialized in Computer Science, Robotics, and Automation. Originally a computer scientist, he expanded into robotics while a visiting student at “La Sapienza” in Rome. He added systems control to his belt while pursuing his Master of Science and PhD degree at the Aeronautical Institute of Technology. He has taken on challenges in a few different industries in a variety of technical roles, acquiring a broad view of processes and projects. His professional approach is built on satisfaction, transparency, ethics, clear communication, and gentleness, seeking to lift the burdens from his clients. Pedro welcomes all demands, eager to discuss potential collaborations or answer questions.
Our Work
Portfolio Showcase
Reducing Material Waste at an Ore Pelletizing Plant
Maximizing Thermal Efficiency and Asset Longevity
Latest News
Our Blog Posts
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Understanding the Main Modeling Approaches Behind Digital Twins
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Back, in control!
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