JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

UNIT - I

Introduction & Basic Definitions Introduction, Control Programs for Robots, Industry Applications of Robots, Pick and Place, Gantry and Arm type Robots in typical set-ups like Automobile Industry Coordinate Systems: Cartesian, Cylindrical, Polar, and Revolute systems: Robot Positioning: Robot Arms; Axes, their ranges, offset and In-line Wrist: Roll, Pitch and Yaw, their meaning in Robotics

UNIT - II

Mechanical Aspects Kinematics, Inverse Kinematics, Motion Planning and Mobile Mechanisms

UNIT - III

Sensors and Applications Range and Use of Sensors, Microswitches, Resistance Transducers, Piezo-electric, Infrared and Lasers Applications of Sensors: Reed Switches, Ultrasonic, Barcode Readers and RFID

UNIT - IV

Robot Systems Hydraulic and Electrical Systems Including Pumps, valves, solenoids, cylinders, stepper motors, Encoders and AC Motors

UNIT - V

Programming of Robots Programming of Robots such as Lego Robots, Programming environment, Example Applications, Safety considerations

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Introduction to Robotics – P.J. Mckerrow, ISBN: 0201182408
• 2. Introduction to Robotics – S. Nikv, 2001, Prentice Hall,
• 3. Mechatronics and Robotics: Design & Applications – A. Mutanbara, 1999, CRC Press.

REFERENCE BOOK:

• 1. Robotics – K.S. Fu, R.C. Gonzalez and C.S.G. Lee, 2008, TMH. R16 B.TECH ECE.