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MEC4456
Faculty of Engineering
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Level | Undergraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
Organisational Unit | Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
Offered | Clayton First semester 2014 (Day) |
Coordinator(s) | Dr Chao Chen (Clayton) |
Spatial descriptions and transformations. Manipulator forward and inverse kinematics. Differential relationships and Jacobian. Manipulator dynamics: Lagrangian and Newton Euler formulations. Design of mechanisms and end-effectors. Actuation, sensing and control. Computational geometry for design, manufacture, and path planning. Robotics in manufacturing and automation. Techniques for modelling, simulation and programming of robotic tasks. Advanced mathematical formulations. Introduction to advanced robotics. A self-directed learning component completes the unit.
Examination (3 hours): 70%
Project and laboratory work: 30%
3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratories/tutorials and 7 hours of private study per week.