Robotics detailed syllabus for Industrial Engineering & Management (IEM) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the IEM 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 Industrial Engineering & Management 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit IEM 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-V scheme and its subjects refer to IEM Professional Elective-V syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of robotics is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
BASICS OF ROBOTICS 8
Introduction- Basic components of robot-Laws of robotics- classification of robot- robot architecture, work space-accuracy-resolution -repeatability of robot.
Unit II
ROBOT KINMEATICS 11
Robot kinematics: Introduction- Matrix representation- rigid motion & homogeneous transformation- D-H, forward & inverse kinematics of 2DOF and 3 DOF planar and spatial mechanisms
Unit III
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Unit IV
TRAJECTORY, PATH PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING 8
Trajectory Planning- Joint space and Cartesian space technique, Introduction to robot control, Robot programming and Languages- Introduction to ROS
Unit V
ROBOT AND ROBOT APPLICATIONS 9
Sensors and Actuators for Robots, Power transmission systems, Rotary to rotary motion, Rotary to linear motion, Harmonics drives – gear system – belt drives. Robot end effectors & Grippers: Introduction- types & classification- Mechanical gripper- gripper force analysis- other types & special purpose grippers. Robot Applications: pick and place, manufacturing, automotive, medical, space and underwater.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the students can able to
- State the basic concepts and terminologies of robots
- Know the Procedures for Forward and Inverse Kinematics, Dynamics for Various Robots
- Derive the Forward and Inverse Kinematics, Dynamics for Various Robots
- Apply the various programming techniques in industrial applications
- Analyze the use of various types of robots in different applications
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- M.P.Groover, M.Weiss ,R.N. Nagal, N.G.Odrey, “Industrial Robotics – Technology, programming and Applications” Tata , McGraw-Hill Education Pvt Limited 2ndEdition, 2012.
- Jazar, “Theory of Applied Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics and Control”, Springer, 2ndEdition, 2010
- S K Saha, Introduction to Robotics, Tata McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 9789332902800, Second Edition, 9789332902800
- Sathya Ranjan Deb, “Robotics Technology & flexible Automation” Second edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Publication, 2009.
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