2.12 students test their de-mining robot in the d'Arbeloff Laboratory. The
projects page provides video clips of these student-built robots. (Photo courtesy of Brian Selden. Used with permission.)
This course provides an overview of robot mechanisms, dynamics, and intelligent controls. Topics include planar and spatial kinematics, and motion planning; mechanism design for manipulators and mobile robots, multi-rigid-body dynamics, 3D graphic simulation; control design, actuators, and sensors; wireless networking, task modeling, human-machine interface, and embedded software. Weekly laboratories provide experience with servo drives, real-time control, and embedded software. Students will design and fabricate working robotic systems in a group-based term project.
Technical Requirements
RealOne™ Player software is required to run the .rm files found on this course site.