Emulating a PID Controller with Long Short-term Memory: Part 1

Do you ever just get really excited about an idea? Maybe you're crazy like me and want to hike the Pacific Crest Trail (as I'm moving to Seattle soon, so I can't help but get excited about the idea of flying down to San Diego and walking home). Well, this project is one of those types of ideas for me, and I hope you enjoy the ride! Before I get started, though, I want to warn you that this is quite an extensive project, and so I'm breaking it up into parts. While working on a project for work one day, I came across a paper that introduced a novel idea.