Unit 1 Module I

6 lecture hours

• Introduction to Field And Service Robots 1.1 History of Field &Service Robotics. 1.2 Present Status and Future trends. 1.3 Field and Service Robots. 1.3.1 Need
• 1.3.2 Classification 1.3.3 Application
• 1.3.5 Examples. 1.4 Non-Conventional Industrial Robots. 1.5 Comparison of Field & service robots

Unit 2 Module II

• Robot motion plan and navigation & Localization 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Motion planning scheme: 2.2.1 Traditional scheme 2.2.2 Non-traditional scheme 2.3 Traditional scheme 2.3.1 Graph based method  Visibility graph  Vernoi diagram  Cell decomposition  Tangent graph  Accessibility graph 2.3.2 Analytical approach  Path velocity decomposition  Incremental planning  Relative velocity approach  Potential field approach  Reactive control strategy 2.4 Non-traditional scheme 10 20 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Automation and Robotics Subject Code : DI05041021 Subject Name : Field and Service Robotics w.e.f. 2026-27 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page 3 of 10  Fuzzy logic-based approach  Neural network-based approach

Unit 3 Module III

9 lecture hours

• Field Robots 3.1 Basic Concept of Field Robots. 3.2 Field robots: 3.2.1 Agriculture & farming 3.2.2 Aerial Robots 3.2.3 Collision Avoidance 3.2.4 Robots for Mining
• exploration 3.2.5 Underwater robots 3.2.6 Space applications 3.2.7 Undersea Operation 3.2.8 Nuclear Power Plant Service 3.2.9 Mining 3.2.10Construction

Unit 4 Module IV

10 lecture hours

• Service Robots 4.1 Introduction to service robots 4.2 Service Applications 4.3 Commercial Cleaning 4.4 Fast Food Service 4.5 Gasoline Station Attendant 4.6 Guard Service 4.7 Household Tasks 4.8 Medical Application of Robots: 4.9 Hospital service robot 4.9.1 Hospital Transport Robot 4.9.2 Hospital Pharmacy Robot 4.9.3 Para pharmacist 4.9.4 Cell Culture Robot 4.10 Clinical robot 4.10.1 Para nurse 4.10.2 Para surgeon 4.10.3 The PAM Robot 4.10.4 Robot for Hip Surgery 4.10.5 Tumor Extracting Robot

Unit 5 Module IV

• Humanoid Robots & Mobile Robots 5.1 Introduction to Humanoid Robots 5.1.1 Historical Development 5.1.2 Characteristics of Humanoid robots 5.1.3 Kinematic Structure 5.2 Application of Humanoid Robots  research and space exploration  personal assistance and care giving 10 22 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Automation and Robotics Subject Code : DI05041021 Subject Name : Field and Service Robotics w.e.f. 2026-27 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page 4 of 10  education and entertainment  search and rescue  manufacturing and maintenance  public relations  healthcare 5.3 Future Scope of Humanoid Robot 5.4 Legged Mobile Robots 5.4.1 Leg configurations and stability 5.4.2 Examples of legged robot locomotion 5.5 Wheeled Mobile Robots 5.4.1 Wheeled locomotion: the design space 5.4.2 Wheeled locomotion: case studies