Industrial Robotics
Industrial Robotics
INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS
UNIT - I
INTRODUCTION: Automation and Robotics, Robot anatomy, robot configuration, motions joint notation
work volume, robot drive system, control system and dynamic performance, precision of movement.
CONTROL SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS: basic concept and modais controllers control system
analysis, robot activation and feedback components. Positions sensors, velocity sensors, actuators
sensors, power transmission system.
UNIT - II
MOTION ANALYSIS AND CONTROL: Manipulator kinematics, position representation forward
transformation, homogeneous transformation, manipulator path control, robot dynamics, configuration of
robot controller.
UNIT - III
END EFFECTORS: Grippers-types, operation, mechanism, force analysis, tools as end effectors
consideration in gripper selection and design. SENSORS: Desirable features, tactile, proximity and range
sensors, uses sensors in robotics.
MACHINE VISION: Functions, Sensing and Digitizing-imaging, Devices, Lighting techniques, Analog to
digital single conversion, image storage, Image processing and Analysis-image data reduction,
Segmentation feature extraction. Object recognition, training the vision system, Robotics application.
UNIT - IV
ROBOT PROGRAMMING: Lead through programming, Robot programming as a path in space, Motion
interpolation, WAIT, SINONAL AND DELAY commands, Branching capabilities and Limitations.
ROBOT LANGUAGES: Textual robot Languages, Generation, Robot language structures, Elements in
function.
UNIT - V
ROBOT CELL DESGIN AND CONTROL: Robot cell layouts-Robot centered cell, In-line robot cell,
Considerations in work design, Work and control, Inter locks, Error detect ion, Work wheel controller.
ROBOT APPLICATION: Material transfer, Machine loading/unloading. Processing operation, Assembly
and Inspection, Feature Application.
REFERENCES:
1. Industrial Robotics / Groover M P /Pearson Edu.
2. Introduction to Robotic Mechanics and Control by JJ Craig, Pearson, 3rd edition.
3. Robotics / Fu K S/ McGraw Hill.
4. Robotic Engineering / Richard D. Klafter, Prentice Hall
5. Robot Analysis and Intelligence / Asada and Slotine / Wiley Inter-Science.
6. Robot Dynamics & Control – Mark W. Spong and M. Vidyasagar / John Wiley & Sons (ASIA) Pte
Ltd.
7. Robotics and Control / Mittal R K & Nagrath I J / TMH