Industrial Robotics

Code	15435
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	PL(15H)/T(30H)/TP(15H)
Scientific area	Informatics, Automation and Control
Entry requirements	Not applicable.
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face
Work placements	Not applicable
Learning outcomes	This Course Unit aims to make an introduction to the study of the multidisciplinary field of Industrial Robotics, featuring the various functional subsystems that make up a robot in an individualized and integrated way, as well as topics of robotic manipulation and navigation through path planning. At the end of the course unit the student should be able to: - Identify different types of robots with respect to its anatomy and actuators, as well as to discuss the operation and/or development of robotic applications; - Apply the equations and calculation techniques for determining the Cartesian position as well as the position and angle of the prismatic and rotational joints of a robot. - Identify the basic characteristics of locomotion for mobile robots; - Describe the main types of sensors used in robotics; - Implement algorithms for trajectory planning/paths in mobile robot navigation; - Apply the knowledge to construct a robot, being also able to work in team.
Syllabus	1. Introduction to robotics 2. Types of robots: robots anatomy and actuators. Introduction on computer-controlled robotic manipulators and examples 3. Position and motion of robotic manipulators: Coordinate frames and transformations 4. Forward kinematics, the Denavit-Hartenberg convention 5. Inverse kinematics 6. The Jacobian, singularities 7. Motion and path planning 8. Robotic manipulators dynamics 9. Control and programming Special topics: 10. Sensors and actuators 11. Mobile agents, SLAM 12. Computer vision 13. MEMS, microrobotics 14. Medical/Surgical robotics, teleoperation 15. Biomimetic systems 16. Intelligent robotics. Concepts of artificial intelligence and intelligent systems 17. Fuzzy logic. Fuzzy control, fuzzy logic controllers 18. Artificial Neural Networks: Models and architecture of artificial neural networks. Learning in robotics
Main Bibliography	1. Primary: - "Apontamentos de Robótica Industrial", Pedro Dinis Gaspar. Universidade da Beira Interior, 2011. - "Robot Modeling and Control", Mark W. Spong, Seth Hutchinson, M. Vidyasagar. Wiley, John & Sons Inc., 2005. ISBN: 0-471-64990-2. - "Introduction to Robotics", Philip John McKerrow. Addison-Wesley, 1991. ISBN: 0-20-118240-8. - "Robot Technology Fundamentals", James G Keramas. Delmar Learning, 1998. ISBN: 0-8273-8236-7. 2. Secondary: - "Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control", John J. Craig, Addison-Wesley, 1986. ISBN: 0-20-154361-3. - "Robotics for Engineers", Yoram Koren, McGraw-Hill, 1986. ISBN: 0-07-035399-9. - "Modelling and Control of Robot Manipulators", Series: Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal Processing Sciavicco, Lorenzo, Siciliano, Bruno Springer-Verlag London Berlin Heidelberg, 2nd ed. 2000. ISBN: 1-85233-221-2. - "Robot Manipulators: Mathematics, Programming and Control", Paul, R.P., MIT Press, Cambridge, 1981.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.