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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS EEE418 - 3 + 1 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Assistant Professor Bülent İrfanoğlu
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Describe and analyze rigid motion
2) Describe manipulator kinematics equations
3) Solve simple inverse kinematics problems
4) Trajectory and motion planning
5) Design a controller for a robot (digital controller-actuator-sensor)
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONIntroduction to electro-mechanic systems, Fundamentals issues in robotics, Forward and inverse kinematics in robotic systems, Dynamics concept in robotic manipulators, Path and Trajectory planning, Analog interfacing; analog signal conditioning, analog /digital and digital/ analog conversion, sensors, transducers and actuators, communication in microcontroller-based systems (SCI ,SPI, I2C), Pulse width modulation for motor control; microcontroller-based control, simple open and closed loop control systems (ON-OFF, P, PI, PID); Servo mechanism, Position, speed and torque control, Introduction to mobile robots.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introduction to robotics
2nd Week Position and orientation analysis in robotic
3rd Week Forward and inverse kinematic model and equation
4th Week Kinematic equations, Denavit-Hartenberg (D-H)parameters
5th Week Trajectory and motion planning
6th Week Trajectory and motion planning
7th Week Introduction to robot dynamic
8th Week Midterm Exam
9th Week Position, speed and torque control in robotics
10th Week Position, speed and torque control in robotics
11th Week Sensors and transducers
12th Week Motors and drivers
13th Week Communication methods in mikrocontroller based systems
14th Week Simple robot applications
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING1-Saeed B. Niku, Introduction to Robotics 2e, Wiley, 2011.
2-J.J. Craig, Introduction to Robotics Mechanics and Control,Second Edition, Addison-Wesley, 1989
3-Microprocessors, From Assembly Language to C Using the PICI8FXX2
4-Process Control Instrumentation Technology, Curtis Johnson, 7th edition, Prentice Hall (2002)
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSQuestions/Answers,Lecture,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term135
Assignment110
Quiz113
Attendance15
Total(%)63
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)63
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)37
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam122
Preparation for Quiz248
Individual or group work14342
Preparation for Final exam11212
Course hours14456
Preparation for Midterm exam11212
Laboratory (including preparation)000
Final exam122
Homework2816
Total Workload150
Total Workload / 305
ECTS Credits of the Course5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONEnglish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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