Industrial Robotics.

Catalog description

The course provides an overview of industrial robotics as robot manipulators (or robotic arms) consisting of multiple links, joints, actuators, sensing technologies, and computing. Students learn the design of various types of robots. Topics include robot modeling using DH conventions, fundamentals of robot motion in a 2D or 3D workspace, forward kinematics and inverse kinematics, robot programming, generating path or tracking robot trajectories based on waypoints or velocity profiles, and dynamics with forces and moments. The course also introduces real-world industrial robots (FANUC, Mitsubishi, RAZOR, etc.) used for tasks such as material handling, machine tending, drilling, palletizing, or painting along with automated processing systems connected with CNC or an automated conveyor belt system with sensors. Prerequisites: Graduate or blended students in the School of Engineering and Computer Science or permission of the instructor.