Syllabus
Unit 1
Overview of Robotics
Definition and History of Robots, Applications of robots, Current trend in robotics, Basic mathematics for robotics – Vectors, Matrices and Linear Algebra concepts, Rigid body transformations – Translation and Rotation, Homogeneous Transformation matrix.
Unit 2
Kinematics of Simple Robotic Systems
Forward Kinematics of simple industrial robotic systems, Inverse kinematics of simple industrial robotic systems, Differential Kinematics of simple industrial robotic systems, Kinematics of simple wheeled mobile robots.
Unit 3
Dynamics and Control of Simple Robotic Systems
Introduction to rigid body kinetics, Euler-Lagrange equation of simple robotic systems, Forward and Inverse dynamics of simple robotic systems, Velocity based control of simple robotic systems, Torque based control of robotic systems.
Objectives and Outcomes
Course Objectives
- This course aims to provide students with an overview of concepts to applications of robotics.
- This course intends to equip students with the ability to design and analyze simple and elementary robotic systems (Upto 4 DOF systems like SCARA) using mathematical and computational tools.
- This course aims to give students elementary hands-on experience in programming robotic systems using Robotic Toolbox in python/Matlab.
Course Outcomes
After completing this course, students will be able to
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Text Books / References
Textbooks
Corke P. Robotics, Vision and Control. Springer; 2017.
Craig J J. Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control. Pearson Publishing, 2017.
Spong M.W., Hutchinson S. and Vidyasagar M, Robot Modeling and Control, Wiley, 2006
Saha S K, Introduction to Robotics, McGraw Hill publishing, 2014