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14phdit006: Robotics and Automation

This document outlines the units of study for a course on robotics and automation. The 8 units cover fundamentals of robotics, robot motion analysis and sensors, machine vision, robot programming and artificial intelligence, applications of robots in manufacturing and material handling, automatic processing operations and assembly and inspection. Key topics include robot anatomy, control systems, sensors, kinematics, dynamics, end effectors, machine vision, programming methods, artificial intelligence techniques, work cell layouts and applications of robots in welding, coating, loading, unloading and assembly. Recommended textbooks are also provided.

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14phdit006: Robotics and Automation

This document outlines the units of study for a course on robotics and automation. The 8 units cover fundamentals of robotics, robot motion analysis and sensors, machine vision, robot programming and artificial intelligence, applications of robots in manufacturing and material handling, automatic processing operations and assembly and inspection. Key topics include robot anatomy, control systems, sensors, kinematics, dynamics, end effectors, machine vision, programming methods, artificial intelligence techniques, work cell layouts and applications of robots in welding, coating, loading, unloading and assembly. Recommended textbooks are also provided.

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14PHDIT006: ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION

Unit-1
Fundamentals of Robotics & Automation:
Automation and robotics, history of robotics, robotics market and future prospects, robot
anatomy, work volume, robot drive systems, control systems, precision of movement, end
effectors, robotic sensors, robot programming and work cell control, robot applications,
problems. Automation Concepts: SCADA, introduction and brief history of SCADA,
SCADA systems software, distributed control system (DCS), introduction to the PLC,
considerations and benefits of SCADA system.

Unit-2 & 3
Robot Motion Analysis, Sensors and Control:
Introduction to manipulator kinematics, homogeneous transformations and robot kinematics,
manipulator path control, robot dynamics, configuration of a robot controller, types of end
effecters, mechanical grippers, other types of grippers, tools as end effectors, robot/end
effector interface, consideration in gripper selection and design, problems. Sensors in
Robotics: Transducers and sensors, sensors in robotics, tactile sensors, proximity and range
sensors, uses of sensors in robotics, problems.

Unit-4 & 5
Machine Vision, Robot Programming & Artificial Intelligence:
Introduction to machine vision, sensing and digitizing function in machine vision, image
processing and analysis, training the vision system, robotic applications, problems. Robot
Programming: Methods of robot programming, lead -through programming methods, a robot
program as a path in space, motion interpolation, wait, signal and delay commands,
branching, capabilities and limi tations of lead-through methods, problems. Artificial
Intelligence (AI): Introduction & goals of AI in research, AI techniques, LISP programming,
AI & robotics, LISP in factory, robotic paradigms, problems.

Unit-6
Robotics in Manufacturing/Automation , Material Transfer, Machine
Loading/Unloading:
Robot cell layouts, multiple robots and machine interference, considerations in work -cell
design, work-cell control, interlocks, error detection and recovery, work -cell controller, robot
cycle time analysis, graphic simulation of robotic work-cells, problems. Material Transfer,
Machine Loading/Unloading: General considerations in robot material handling, material
transfer applications, machine loading and unloading.

Unit-7
Robots in Automatic Processing Operations, Assembly & Inspection:
Introduction, spot welding, continuous arc welding, spray coating, other processing
operations. Assembly and robotic assembly automation, parts presentation methods, assembly
operations, compliance and remote centre compliance (RCC) device, assembly system
configurations, adaptable programmable assembly sys tem, designing for robotic assembly,
inspection automation.
Unit-8
Autonomous Mobile Robots: Introduction, Planning & Navigation:
Introduction, basic control scheme for mobile robots (basic understanding of perception,
localization, cognition path planning, motion control). Planning & Navigation: Introduction,
competences for navigation, path planning, obstacle avoidance, navigation architectures.

Textbooks:
1. Mikell P. Groover, Mitchel Weiss, Roger N. Nagel, Nicholas G. Odrey and Ashish
Dutta, “Industrial Robotics: Technology, Programming and Applications”, 2 nd
Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2012.
2. Roland Siegwart, Illah R. Nourbakhsh, an d Davide Scaramuzza, “Introduction to
Autonomous Mobile Robots”, 2 nd Edition, PHI, 2011.
3. Srinivas Medida, Pocket Guide on Industrial Automation: For Engineers and
Technicians, 1 st Edition, IDC Technologies, 2007 .
(http://www.pacontrol.com/download/Industri al-Automation-Pocket-Guide.pdf)

Reference Books:
1. Ghosh, Control in Robotics and Automation: Sensor Based Integration, Allied
Publishers, Chennai, 1998.
2. Asfahl C.R., Robots and manufacturing Automation, John Wiley, USA 1992.

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