Course Objectives:: Robotics
Course Objectives:: Robotics
Course Objectives:: Robotics
Course Outcomes:
After successful completion of the course, the students should be able to
CO1. Identify the need of Robotics & Automation
CO2. Explain various components used in Industrial Robotics
CO3. Apply D-H convention to estimate kinematics of manipulator.
CO4. Interpret robot dynamics using Legrangian Mechanics
CO5. Analyze how to plan the trajectory for the robot and various robot programming
methods
CO6. Develop robots for different manufacturing applications
Detailed Syllabus:
UNIT-I
INTRODUCTION: Automation and Robotics, CAD/CAM and Robotics – An over view of
Robotics – Need of Automation, Advantages & Disadvantages of automation, – classification by
coordinate system and control system.
UNIT-II
COMPONENTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS: Function line diagram representation of
robot arms, common types of arms. Components, Architecture, number of degrees of freedom –
Requirements and challenges of end effectors, determination of the end effectors, Types of Gripper
Mechanisms, Considerations in Gripper selection and design.
UNIT- III
MOTION ANALYSIS: Homogeneous transformations as applicable to rotation and translation –
problems.
MANIPULATOR KINEMATICS: Specifications of matrices, D-H notation joint coordinates and
world coordinates Forward and inverse kinematics – problems.
UNIT-IV
Differential transformation and manipulators, Jacobians – problems Dynamics: Lagrange – Euler
and Newton – Euler formulations – Problems.
UNIT- V
General considerations in path description and generation. Trajectory planning and avoidance of
obstacles, path planning, Skew motion, joint integrated motion –straight line motion – Robot
programming, languages and software packages-description of paths with a robot programming
language.
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UNIT-VI
ROBOT ACTUATORS AND FEED BACK COMPONENTS: Actuators: Pneumatic,
Hydraulic actuators, Comparison of Electruc, Hydraulic and pneumatic devices, electric & stepper
motors. Feedback components: position sensors – potentiometers, resolvers, encoders – Velocity
sensors.
ROBOT APPLICATIONS IN MANUFACTURING: Material Transfer - Material handling,
loading and unloading- Processing - spot and continuous arc welding & spray painting - Assembly
and Inspection.
Text Books:
1. Industrial Robotics / Groover M P /Pearson Edu.
2. Robotics and Control / Mittal R K & Nagrath I J / TMH .
References:
1. Robotics / Fu K S/ McGraw Hill.
2. Robotic Engineering / Richard D. Klafter, Prentice Hall Principles of Heat Transfer – Frank
Kreith, RM Manglik & MS Bohn, Cengage learning publishers.
3. Robot Analysis and Control / H. Asada and J.J.E. Slotine / BSP Books Pvt.Ltd. 4.
Introduction to Robotics / John J Craig / Pearson Edu.
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