d) Introduction to Robotics

(July 20 - July 31, 2009) Introduction to Robotics

This course presents an overview of industrial robots and service robots. It gives an introduction in kinematics, programming methods, mathematical basics, and sensors. The student will get an overview about the components, methods, and different fields of robotics. Especially the students learn about how can an industrial robot reach to a desired location? How can a robot be programmed offline? What different methods of robot control can be applied? The course will provide the students with a mathematical introduction to many of the key ideas important to intelligent robot systems.
Besides lectures, there are two practical exercises in teach-in and programming of different robots in the robot lab.

Course Content
1. Motivation and Historical Background
2. Definitions, Generations and Integration of Industrial Robots
3. Robot Components and Kinematic Types
4. Robot Control Example
5. Simple Example for Coordinate Transformations
6. PTP and CP Control Modes
7. Programming Methods for Industrial Robots
8. Practical Exercise in Teach-in
9. Translation and Rotation Operations
10. Homogeneous Transformations
11. Frames or Poses
12. Orientation Definition Methods
13. Practical Exercise in Robot Programming
14. End Effectors
15. Peripheral Devices
16. External and Internal Sensors for Robots
17. Methods for Object Recognition
18. Integration of Sensor Data
19. Manipulators and Teleoperators
20. Service Robots Systems
21. Applications of Service Robots

Contact Hours / ECTS

38 lecture units of 45 min each / 3 ECTS

Tuition Fee

€ 600 / two weeks

Admission Requirements

Knowledge in matrix calculation and basic geometry / minimum of 3 college semesters

Assessment

2 tests of 45 minutes each

Course Objectives

The students will get an overview about the components, methods, and different types of industrial robots. They learn about how can an industrial robot reach to a desired location? How can it be programmed? The course will provide the students with a mathematical introduction to many of the key ideas important to robot systems.

Lecturers

This course is organized by teaching staff from our Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering Science (F10)

Prof. Dr. Christian Blume (Lectures)

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Axel Kuhn (Robot lab.)

www.blume-christian.de