Robot Mechanisms And Technology

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Course
Undergraduate
Semester
Electives
Subject Code
AE449
Subject Title
Robot Mechanisms And Technology

Syllabus

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

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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).

Course Outcomes (COs):
CO1: Understand the basic mechanisms in various robots.

CO2: Representation of robots using basic convention techniques.

CO3: Choosing of suitable actuator, drive, and sensor for a specific robot.