Foundation of Robotics detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil 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 Civil Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to Civil Open Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of foundation of robotics is as follows.
Course Objectives:
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

Unit I
FUNDAMENTALS OF ROBOT 9 Robot – Definition – Robot Anatomy – Co-ordinate systems, Work Envelope, types and classification – specifications – Pitch, yaw, Roll, Joint Notations, Speed of Motion, Pay Load -Robot Parts and their functions – Need for Robots – Different Applications.
Unit II
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

Unit III
ROBOT DRIVE SYSTEMS AND END EFFECTORS 9 Pneumatic Drives – Hydraulic Drives – Mechanical Drives – Electrical Drives – D.C. Servo Motors, Stepper Motor, A.C. Servo Motors – Salient Features, Applications and Comparison of All These Drives. End Effectors – Grippers – Mechanical Grippers, Pneumatic and Hydraulic Grippers, Magnetic grippers, vacuum grippers, internal grippers and external grippers, selection and design considerations of a gripper
Unit IV
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

Unit V
PROGRAMMING AND APPLICATIONS OF ROBOT 9 Teach pendant programming, lead through programming, robot programming languages – VAL programming – Motion Commands, Sensors commands, End-Effector Commands, and simple programs – Role of robots in inspection, assembly, material handling, underwater, space and medical fields.
Course Outcomes:
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

Text Books:
- Ganesh.S.Hedge,A textbook of Industrial Robotics, Lakshmi Publications, 2006.
- Mikell.P.Groover , Industrial Robotics – Technology, Programming and applications McGraw Hill 2ND edition 2012.
Reference Books:
- Fu K.S. Gonalz R.C. and ice C.S.G.Robotics Control, Sensing, Vision and Intelligence, McGraw Hill book co. 2007.
- YoramKoren, Robotics for Engineers, McGraw Hill Book, Co., 2002.
- Janakiraman P.A., Robotics and Image Processing, Tata McGraw Hill 2005.
- John. J.Craig, Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control 2nd Edition, 2002.
- Jazar, Theory of Applied Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics and Control, Springer India reprint, 2010.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Civil Engineering 7th Sem, visit Civil 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Civil Engineering results, visit Anna University Civil all semester results direct link.