What is feed-forward control?

1. Feed-forward is a term describing a kind of system which reacts to changes in its environment, usually to maintain some desired state of the system. A system which exhibits feed-forward behavior responds to a measured disturbance in a pre-defined way - in contrast with a feedback system.

2. This is a control technique that can be measured but not controlled. The disturbance is measured and fed forward to an earlier part of the control loop so that corrective action can be initiated in advance of the disturbance having an adverse effect on the system response.

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Feed Forward control is mechanism within some control systems in which information is sent ahead in time to prepare a part of a control system.