Course: Robots and Manipulators

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Course title Robots and Manipulators
Course code KSR/ROBM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Matúšek Ondřej, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Horák Marcel, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Overview and characteristics of robots and manipulators, basic types of robotic structures. 2. Mechanics of industrial robots and manipulators. 3. Drives for robots and manipulators. 4. Specific gears in robotic drives. 5. Design of motional axis. 6. Overview, characteristics and dimensioning of effectors. 7. Vacuum grippers. 8. Robot control and programming. 9. Robot vision, sensors. 10. Mobile robots and systems of interoperative manipulation. 11. Service robots. Cooperative and collaborative robotics. 12. Layout, designing of robotized technological workplaces. Flexible manufacturing systems (FMS). 13. Characteristic robot applications. 14. Safety, operational and economical aspects of robot application.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Laboratory work
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 24 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The subject presents overview and distribution of basic industrial and service robots, explains basics of robot mechanics and describes overview and characteristics of used drives and peripheries. It presents basic design of motional axis, robot control and programming. It also characterizes robot's application potential.
Student gets knowledge from these areas: Description of robotic systems, FMS, basic types of robot configurations and workplaces. Mechanics of robots - transformations of coordinates, dynamic models and equations. Design of a special transmissions, drives, actuators types, motion units and-effectors. Robot control and programming metods, senzors. Automatic guided yehicle systems, alyout, robot applications.
Prerequisites
Not required.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam

Credit: active attendance on tutorials and laboratory exercises, semester work, passing the written test. Examination: written and oral, obtaining the credit is a precondition.
Recommended literature
  • BISHOP, R H. a R. C. DORF. The mechatronics handbook. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8493-0066-5..
  • Kolíbal, Z. Roboty a robotizované výrobní technologie. Brno: Vysoké učení technické v Brně. ISBN 978-80-214-4828-5..
  • Monkman, G. J. Robot Grippers. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2007. ISBN 978-3-527-40619-7..
  • Nof, Sh. Y. Handbook of industrial robotics. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley, 2007. ISBN 0471177830..
  • NOVOTNÝ, F. - HORÁK, M. Efektory průmyslových robotů, Skriptum TU V Liberci, 2015, 116 s..
  • NOVOTNÝ, F. - HORÁK, M. Konstrukce robotů, Skriptum TU V Liberci, 2015, 236 s..
  • SCIAVICCO, Lorenzo a Bruno SICILIANO. Modelling and Control of Robot Manipulators. 2nd ed. London: Springer, 2000. ISBN 1-85233-221-2..
  • SICILIANO, B. - O. KHATIB. Springer handbook of robotics. Berlin: Springer, c2008. ISBN 978-3-540-23957-4..
  • XIE, Ming. Fundamentals of robotics: linking perception to action. New Jersey: World Scientific, c2003. ISBN 981-238-335-2..


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