Syllabus
Course description
Course title Introduction to Robot Control
Course code 43079
Scientific sector ING-INF/04
Degree Bachelor in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering
Semester I
Year III
Academic Year 2022/23
Credits 6
Modular //
Total lecturing hours 36
Total lab hours 0
Total exercise hours 24
Attendance Recommended
Prerequisites Lectures and exercises of Mathematical Analysis I and II,
Geometry, Physics I, Mechanics of Machinery
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Specific educational The student should understand the basic principles of the
objectives theory of the control of robot manipulators.
Lecturer Prof. Angelika Peer, e-mail: [Link]@[Link],
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Scientific sector of the ING-INF/04 – AUTOMATION
lecturer
Teaching language English
Office hours After consultation and agreement with lecturer
Teaching assistant (if -
any )
Office hours -
List of topics covered 1. Robot kinematics and dynamics
2. Trajectory planning
3. Motion control
4. Interaction control
5. Vision-based control
6. Remote control
7. Computer-aided simulation and design
Teaching format The lessons are divided into theoretical classroom lessons, and
exercises using blackboard and slides as well as exercises.
Learning outcomes (ILOs) The learning outcomes need to refer to the Dublin
Descriptors:
Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding in the field of:
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1. Theory of control of robot manipulators
Applying knowledge and understanding
2. Ability to apply knowledge for solving given problems,
including solving them with numerical data and with
the help of software packages like Matlab/Simulink.
Making judgements
3. Ability to judge plausibility of results.
Communication skills
4. Maturing of technical-scientific terminology.
Ability to learn
5. Learning skills to independently study and apply
methods of systems and control for specific
applications beyond topics covered in this lecture.
Assessment Formative assessment
Form Length /duration ILOs
assessed
In-class Continuously as part of 1-5
exercises course-accompanying
exercises
Summative assessment
Form % Length ILOs
/duration assessed
Oral 100 30 minutes 1-5
Assessment language English
Evaluation criteria and Judged will be:
criteria for awarding marks the correctness of the approach and the mathematical
steps of the solution, the calculation of numerical
results;
the correctness of the provided answers and
arguments presented and the terminology used.
Required readings Blackboard and slides
Supplementary readings Introduction to Robotics – Mechanics and Control, John
Craig, Pearson, 2018
Robotics – Modelling, Planning and Control, Bruno
Siciliano, Lorenzo Sciavicco, Luigi Villani, Giuseppe Oriolo,
Springer, 2009.
Robot Modeling and Control, Mark W. Spong, Seth
Hutchinson, M. Vidyasagar, Wiley, 2006.
Modern Robotics – Mechanics, Planning and Control,
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Kevin M. Lynch, Frank C. Park, Cambridge, 2018.
Modelling, Indentification & Control of Robots, W. Khalil &
E. Dombre, Kogan Page Science, 2004
Robotics, Vision and Control, Peter Corke, Springer, 2011
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