Robot and Machine Elements Design detailed syllabus for Robotics & Automation Engineering (Robotics) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Robotics students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Robotics & Automation Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Robotics 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to Robotics Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of robot and machine elements design is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN DESIGN 7
Introduction to Robots – factors influencing robot design, selection of materials based on mechanical properties – Modes of failure -Factor of safety – stresses due to bending and torsion moment – Eccentric loading, Design against fluctuating loads – theories of failures.
Unit II
DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE ELEMENTS AND BEARINGS 9
Introduction to flexible elements, Design of belt drives – Flat, Vee, and Timing Belts, Design of chain drives – Sliding contact and rolling contact bearings – Hydrodynamic journal bearings, Somerfield Number, Raimondi & Boyd graphs – Selection of Rolling Contact bearings.
Unit III
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Unit IV
DESIGN OF GEARS AND GEAR BOXES 8
Design of Gears (Spur, Helical and Bevel) – Geometric progression – Standard step ratio – Ray diagram, kinematic layout – Design of sliding mesh gear box – Design of multi speed gear box for machine tool applications.
Unit V
DESIGN OF ROBOT GRIPPERS AND END EFFECTORS 12
Types of End Effectors and Gripper Mechanisms, Force analysis, Miniature Grippers and Micro Grippers, Compliance, Selected case studies – Sheet metal handling, pretension of cuboid / cylindrical / objects, coils, irregular surfaces and flexible objects, handling castings, and medical applications.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
- Recognize various parameters for belt, ropes, shafts, fasteners and chain drives and other machine members
- Analyze the belt, ropes, shafts, fasteners and chain drives and other machine members subjected to static and dynamic loads.
- Evaluatethe belt, ropes, shafts, fasteners and chain drives and other machine members for various applications.
- Create parameters for designing belt, ropes, shafts, fasteners and chain drives and other machine members in manufacturing a robot.
- Design various robot elements.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Sundararajamoorthy T. V, Shanmugam .N, “Machine Design”, Anuradha Publications, 2015.
- Robert L.Norton, “Machine Design – An Integrated Approach”, Prentice Hall International Edition, 5th edition, 2018.
- Sharma. C.S, Purohit. K.,”Design of Machine Elements”, Prentice-Hall of India, 2003.
- Adam Morecki, JozeKnapczyk, “Basics of Robotics: Theory and Components of Manipulators and Robots”, Springer, 1999.
- Shimon Y. Nof, “Handbook of Industrial Robotics”, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
- “P.S.G.Design Data Hand Book”, PSG College of Tech Coimbatore.
- Mikell P. Groover, “Industrial Robotics”, McGraw Hill, 2nd edition, 2017.
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