How To Sketch a Root Locus (with Examples)

In this video, I go over a general method for drawing a Root Locus diagram. This is not the only way that the diagram can be drawn, but I found that these rules are pretty general and work for a wide variety of systems. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 00:35 - Definitions 02:05 - Symmetry 02:39 - Poles and Zeros 04:21 - Loci on the Real Axis 05:24 - Branch Direction 06:33 - Asymptotes 12:50 - Angle of Departure 16:51 - Break into or away from Real Axis 22:37 - Angle of Arrival 25:02 - Summary If you have any questions or want to see me make a video about something, please leave a comment below! Errata: In the section about the break from the real axis, I accidentally truncated one of the solutions of the quadratic to be 13.65 instead of rounding to 13.66.