Title Introduction to Robotics
Lesson Code 321-7750
Semester 7
ECTS 5
Hours (Theory) 3
Hours (Lab) 2
Faculty Kavallieratou Ergina

Syllabus

Basic components of robotic systems, coordinate systems, homogeneous transformations, kinematic for arm, inverse kinematics, dynamic arm, Jacobians, speeds and static forces, track design, actuators, sensors, vision, robotic programming. Understanding robotic control issues. Design and development of robotic systems.
Robotic Applications - Space Placement - Robot Moving 

 

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, students should be able

  • to describe and analyze rigid motion,
  • to give the kinematic with the resulting equations,
  • to solve simple problems of inverse kinematics,  
  • to choose sensors for specific applications and
  • to solve design problems

Prerequisite Courses

Not required.

Basic Textbooks

1. Introduction to Robotics, Mechanics and Control, Third Edition, John J. Craig
2.Fischer-Cripps, A. C. (2002). Mechanical Engineering Series.
3.Corke, P. I. (2001). Robotics toolbox for matlab (release 6).
4.Siegwart, Roland, Illah Reza Nourbakhsh, and Davide Scaramuzza. Introduction to autonomous mobile robots. MIT press, 2011

 

Additional References

Robotics and Autonomous Systems https://www.journals.elsevier.com/robotics-and-autonomous-systems/

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=8856

IEEE Transactions on Robotics http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=8860

Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems https://link.springer.com/journal/10846

 

Teaching and Learning Methods

Lectures, resolving exercises, Laboratory Exercises.

Activity Semester workload
Lectures 39 hours
Laboratory Exercises 26 hours
Personal study 55 hours
Exercise Presentation
2 hours
Final exams
3 hours
Course total 125 hours (5 ECTS)

 

Student Performance Evaluation

Student presentations 20%

research 30%

Individual work writing 30%


Laboratory group Project 20%

Language of Instruction and Examinations

Greek, English (for Erasmus students)

Delivery Mode

Teaching with presentations posted through a portal. Development and presentation of theoretical issues. Discussion, questions.