THE UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Course Outlines
Course Title: Robotics
Credit Hours: 3, 0
Course Code:
Course Instructor: Dr. –Ing. Aamir Shahzad
Course Objectives:
 Familiarize students with the concepts and techniques in robot manipulator control
 To incorporate robots in the engineering systems
 To impart fundamentals of manipulators, sensors, actuators, end effectors and
product design for automation
Recommended Text Books:

1. Robotics: Modelling, Planning and Control, Advanced Textbook in Control and

Signal Processing by Lorenzo, Bruno, Luigi and Giuseppe
2. Springer Handbook of Robotics by Siciliano and Khatib
3. Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control by J. J. Craig, 3rd Edition
4. Robot Dynamic and Control by M. W. Spong, 2nd Edition
5. A Mathematical Introduction to Robotics
Lecture Timings

Tel. Ext.
Day Time Room No. Email
No.
Saturday 09:00 NE 103 1518 aamir.shahzad1@me.uol.edu.pk

Week Wise Topic Assignment

Week Topic Assignments Quizzes

1 An Overview of Robotics, Drive Methods, Sensors for Robotics

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2 Spatial Descriptions and Transformations

3 Forward Kinematics

4 Inverse Kinematics, Jacobeans

5 Denavit Hartenberg Coordinate Transformations

6 Force/Torque Relation, Trajectory Planning

7 Dynamics, Lagrange Equations

8 Position Control, PID Control

9 Inverse Dynamics Feed Forward Control

10 Nonlinear and Two Part Control

11 Open Loop Manipulators

12 Closed Loop Linkages

13 Epicyclical Gear Drives

14 Wrist Mechanism, Tendon Driven Robotics Hand

15 Robot Sensors ( Contact and Proximity)

16 Machine Vision System, Robotics Applications, Growth and Cost

Introdution to Hardware:

 To familiarize students with Microcontroller and its peripherals

 Programming of Arduino UNO Board
 Integration of Sensors
 Control of Actuators

Grading Policy:
3
Sessional Work (Assignments, Quizzes, Class Performance): 30%
Mid-Term: 30%
Final: 40%

Attendance Policy:

All students must have minimum of 75% attendance to be eligible to appear in the final exam.