Robotics
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The official GTU curriculum for Robotics (subject code 3162418) as prescribed for PE · Semester 6 divides the course into 7 units, covering 65 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3162418)Unit 1 Introduction
- Basics of 'robot' and 'robotics'
- origin of robotics
- different types of robotics
- Connections between robotics and Artificial intelligence
- Flexible manufacturing systems
- factory automation
- computer-aided manufacturing
- various generations of robots
- Structural elements of manipulators
- Degrees of freedom and number of joints
- The distinction between arms and vehicles
Unit 2 Locomotion
- Key issues for locomotion
- Legged Mobile Robots
- Leg configurations and stability
- Wheeled Mobile Robots
- Wheeled locomotion: the design space
- case studies
Unit 3 Geometric Configurations and Actuator for Robots
- The distinction between arms and vehicles
- Degrees of freedom and number of joints
- Construction and types of joints
- Robot transporters and work piece positioners
- Tension structures
- Pneumatic actuation
- Hydraulic actuation
- Electric actuation
- Mechanical transmission methods
- Speed/Inertia reduction etc
Unit 4 Sensors and Intelligent Robots
- Introduction to robotic sensors
- Sensor classification
- characterizing sensor performance
- Wheel/motor sensors
- heading sensors
- Ground-based beacons
- Active ranging Motion/speed sensors Vision-based sensors
- Representing Uncertainty
- Feature Extraction
Unit 5 Arduino for Robotics
- Interfacing Arduino
- User Control
- Sensor Navigation
- Orientation (Positioning)
- Non-Autonomous Sensors
Unit 6 Mobile Robot Vehicles
- Wheeled Mobile Robots
- Car-Like Mobile Robots
- Non-holonomic and Under- Actuated Systems
- Flying Robotics
Unit 7 Applications of Industrial Robots
- Robots in Power Electronics applications
- Machine loading
- Spot welding
- Arc welding
- Types of robots for assembly
- Artificial Subject Code: 3162418 w.e.f
- AY 2018-19 intelligence
- Integration of industrial robots into the workplace etc
- Suggested Reading: 1
- Fundamentals of Robot Technology
- An Introduction to Industrial Robots
- Teleoperators and Robot Vehicles by Todd, D
- 1st edition 1986. 2
- Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots
- Roland Siegwart, and Illah R.
- The MIT Press
- Arduino Robotics
- John-David Warren
- Josh Adams
- Harald Molle
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