Robotics and Automation

Course aim

To provide students with knowledge and skills of robotics and automation relevant to trends in manufacturing.

Course content

Introduction to robots and their roles in automation and manufacturing systems, robot configurations, industrial robot components, robot operations, robot programming language, robot sensors, robot kinematics, forward kinematics and inverse kinematics, robot I/O communication, differential kinematics, statistics, robot dynamics
and project design on industrial robotics.

Textbook(s)

Corke, P. 2013, Robotics, Visin and Control - Fundamental Algorithms in MATLAB, Springer-Verlag , Berlin Heidelberg

Tadej Bajd, Matjaz Mihelj, Jadran Lenarcic, Ales Stanovnik and Marko Munih 2010, Robotics, 1, Springer

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Computer Practical	2 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Problem solving exercise, Test/Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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