Robotics
Code
7309
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
João Almeida das Rosas, Luís Manuel Camarinha de Matos
Weekly hours
6
Total hours
59
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
To provide students with:
1) Knowledge on: a) Base concepts of industrial robotics. b) Robot modeling. c) Programming, control and integration of robots. d) Principles of sensorial systems applied to robotics. e) Basic concepts of industrial mobile robotics.
2) Know-how on: a) Formulate new problems and implementation strategies for heterogeneous robotic systems. B) Modeling robot kinematics and modeling the integration of manufacturing components in a multi-functional perspective. C) Increasing the capability of implementation of heterogeneous robotic systems.
3) Non-technical competences: a) Team-work and improvement of the oral and written communication skills. B) Time management and deadline fulfillment skills.
Subject matter
1. INTRODUCTION: a) Robotics in the Engineering context, b) Robotics in the industrial panorama, c) Other application areas: civil construction, agriculture, underwater vehicles, vigilance, home robotics, prosthesis, ... d) Scientific areas and related courses
2. INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS: a)Components, b) Manipulator structures, c) Path planning, d) Robot control, e) Programming methods, f) Application examples – problem characterization, g) Devices and tools – examples and charaterization, h) Fuzzy control.
3. SENSORS: a) Brief overview: proximity sensors, vision, tactile sensors, voice recognition, ..., b) System integration, c) Compliant operations, d) Introduction to machine learning.
4. MOBILE ROBOTICS - AGVs: a) Trajectories / navigation, b) Sensorial component / reference systems, c) Collision-free trajectory planning, d) Fuzzy control.
5. OTHER AREAS: a) Problem characterization – other kinds of robots: tracking, walking, micro-robots, underwater,... b) Block architecture.
Bibliography
1 - Robotics – Course handouts.
2 - Autonomous Mobile Robots: Roland Siegwart and Illah R. Nourbakhsh, The MIT Press.
3 - Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control, 3/Ed: John J. Craig, Prentice Hall.
4 - Introduction to Robotics: llip John McKerrow, Addison-Wesley.
Teaching method
Theoretical part: Concept explanation lectures followed by examples and discussion.
Laboratorial component: For each experiment: Introduction to the planned work, tutorial on the technologies / tools to be used, discussion of the method of work, development of the experiments by the students supervised by a teaching assistant; elaboration of a report.
Evaluation method
Written exam (60%) + Lab works & discussion (40%).