Fall 2011 Instructor: Dr. Leila Notash
Course Description
This course will cover kinematics of serial and parallel architecture robots; as well as the geometric, kinematic, static and dynamic criteria required for designing robot manipulators. The course will also include projects on advanced robotics topics and will conclude with the presentation of these projects, at least two presentations per student.
MECH 857 is an advanced level project oriented course on robotics. The course level is for the students who have the introductory background on robotics, e.g., have taken MECH 456.
Time & Location: TBA
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Reference Books & Articles
- Angeles, J., Fundamentals of Robotic Mechanical Systems, Springer, 3rd Edition, 2007, ISBN 978-0-387-29412-4 (TJ211 .A545)
- Hunt, K.H., Kinematic Geometry of Mechanisms, Oxford Science Publications, 1990, ISBN 0-19-856124-5 (TJ175 .H85 on Reserve)
- Yoshikawa, T., Foundations of Robotics, MIT Press, 1990, ISBN 0-262-24028-9 (TJ211 .Y6713 - on Reserve)
- Nakamura, Y., Advanced Robotics: Redundancy and Optimization, Addison Wesley, 1991, ISBN 0-201-15198-7 ( a copy is in the Robotics Laboratory)
- Merlet, J.-P., Parallel Robots, Kluwer Academic, 2000, ISBN 0-7923-6308-6 (TJ211.4152 M47 on Reserve)
- Tsai, L.-W., Robot Analysis: the Mechanics of Serial and Parallel Manipulators, John Wiley & Sons, 1999, ISBN 0-471-32593-7 (TJ211 .T75 - on Reserve)
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Additional references are announced via email or during the course meetings, and relevant documents are distributed prior to the meetings.