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[[File:Industrial control loop.jpg|thumb|300px|Example of a single industrial control loop; showing continuously modulated control of process flow.]]
A '''closed-loop controller''' or '''feedback controller''' is a [[control loop]] which incorporates [[feedback]], in contrast to a ''[[open-loop controller]]'' or ''[[non-feedback controller]]''.
A closed-loop controller uses feedback to control [[state (controls)|states]] or [[Negative feedback#Overview|outputs]] of a [[dynamical system]]. Its name comes from the information path in the system: process inputs (e.g., [[voltage]] applied to an [[electric motor]]) have an effect on the process outputs (e.g., speed or torque of the motor), which is measured with [[sensor]]s and processed by the controller; the result (the control signal) is "fed back" as input to the process, closing the loop.
In the case of linear [[feedback]] systems, a [[control loop]] including [[sensor]]s, control algorithms, and actuators is arranged in an attempt to regulate a variable at a [[Setpoint (control system)|setpoint]] (SP). An everyday example is the [[cruise control]] on a road vehicle; where external influences such as hills would cause speed changes, and the driver has the ability to alter the desired set speed. The [[PID algorithm]] in the controller restores the actual speed to the desired speed in an optimum way, with minimal delay or [[Overshoot (signal)|overshoot]], by controlling the power output of the vehicle's engine.
Control systems that include some sensing of the results they are trying to achieve are making use of feedback and can adapt to varying circumstances to some extent. [[Open-loop controller|Open-loop control systems]] do not make use of feedback, and run only in pre-arranged ways.
Closed-loop controllers have the following advantages over open-loop controllers:
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A common closed-loop controller architecture is the [[PID controller]].
[[File:Ideal feedback model.svg|thumb|right | A basic feedback loop]]
== Open-loop and closed-loop ==
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