Control Engineering

When Feedback Misses Its Window

The Iberian blackout of April 2025 had a closed-loop system with feedback, protection, and reactive power reserves. The correction mechanism existed and sat unused while voltage climbed toward collapse. The loop existed. It didn't govern.

22 July, 2026

Control Engineering

Supervision Can't Be Bolted On

Most people think an autonomous system is safe as long as someone can always intervene. The Cruise robotaxi incident shows why that assumption fails - and what proactive supervision actually looks like when reactive supervision isn't enough.

21 July, 2026

Control Engineering

What a Real AI Supervisor Actually Requires

AI agents move in discrete steps, and the question isn't how fast you catch a problem - it's how many unsupervised steps an agent takes before anyone is in a position to catch anything. Control engineering solved this in 1987.

15 July, 2026