Course
PostgraduateSemester
ElectivesSubject Code
AE766Subject Title
Robot Mechanisms And TechnologySyllabus
Mechanisms of robots: Regional and orientational mechanisms of serial chain manipulators, gripper mechanisms, parallel chain manipulator mechanisms, leg mechanisms of walking robots, suspension and drive mechanisms of wheeled rovers, bio-robots, UAV’s and Underwater robots. Representation of spatial mechanisms, and rigid body transformations Actuators, drives, and sensors in robotics.
Text Books
Same as Reference
References
1. Craig, J. J., Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control, 4rd ed., (2017).
2. Siciliano, B. and Khatib, O. (Editors), Springer Handbook of Robotics, Springer (2008).
3. Nourbakhsh, I. R. and Siegwart, R., Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots, 2nd ed., (2011).
4. Sclater, N., Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook, 5rd ed., McGraw Hill (2011).
5. Vepa, R., Biomimetic Robotics: Mechanisms and Control, 5rd ed., Cambridge Univ. Press (2009).
6. Sandin, P. E., , Robot Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Illustrated, McGraw Hill (2003).