MME 1366: Robotics Credits: 3 LTP 300
MME 1366: Robotics Credits: 3 LTP 300
Course Description: The course aims to equip the students with the knowledge of robotics and
automation.
The course includes robotics concept, robot grippers, robotics sensors & actuators, robot kinematics,
machine vision system and Modeling & Simulation for manufacturing plant Automation.
Upon successful completion of the course, the students should be able to:
CO2: Analyze kinematics and dynamics to explain exact working pattern of robots
Course Content
Unit I
Introduction: Basic Concepts such as Definition, three laws, DOF, Misunderstood devices etc., Elements
of Robotic Systems i.e. Robot anatomy, Classification, Associated parameters i.e. resolution, accuracy,
repeatability, dexterity, compliance, RCC device, etc. Automation - Concept, Need, Automation in
Production System, Principles and Strategies of Automation, Basic Elements of an Automated System,
Advanced Automation Functions, Levels of Automations, introduction to automation productivity.
Unit II
Robot Grippers: Types of Grippers, Design aspect for gripper, Force analysis for various basic gripper
system. Sensors for Robots:- Characteristics of sensing devices, Selections of sensors, Classification and
applications of sensors. Types of Sensors, Need for sensors and vision system in the working and control
of a robot.
Unit III
Drives and control systems: Types of Drives, Actuators and its selection while designing a robot system.
Types of transmission systems, Control Systems -Types of Controllers, Introduction to closed loop control
Control Technologies in Automation:- Industrial Control Systems, Process Industries Verses Discrete-
Manufacturing Industries, Continuous Verses Discrete Control, Computer Process and its Forms. Control
System Components such as Sensors, Actuators and others.
Unit IV
Kinematics: Transformation matrices and their arithmetic, link and joint description, Denavit – Hartenberg
parameters, frame assignment to links, direct kinematics, kinematics redundancy, kinematics calibration,
inverse kinematics, solvability, algebraic and geometrical methods. Velocities and Static forces in
manipulators:- Jacobians, singularities, static forces, Jacobian in force domain. Dynamics:- Introduction to
Dynamics , Trajectory generations.
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Unit V
Machine Vision System: Vision System Devices, Image acquisition, Masking, Sampling and quantisation,
Image Processing Techniques, Noise reduction methods, Edge detection, Segmentation. Robot
Programming:- Methods of robot programming, lead through programming, motion interpolation,
branching capabilities, WAIT, SIGNAL and DELAY commands, subroutines, Programming Languages:
Introduction to various types such as RAIL and VAL II etc, Features of type and development of languages
for recent robot systems.
Unit VI
Modeling and Simulation for manufacturing Plant Automation: Introduction, need for system
Modeling, Building Mathematical Model of a manufacturing Plant, Modern Tools- Artificial neural networks
in manufacturing automation, AI in manufacturing, Fuzzy decision and control, robots and application of
robots for automation. Artificial Intelligence:- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, AI techniques, Need
and application of AI. Other Topics in Robotics:- Socio-Economic aspect of robotisation. Economical aspects
for robot design, Safety for robot and associated mass, New Trends & recent updates in robotics.
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