Program : Industrial Electronics and Power Devices (IEPD)

Degree : MSc/MEng

Course Code : ACE 670

Course Name : Mechatronics and Robotics

Course Category : Elective Core Courses

Semester : Second Semester

Credit Hours : 3

Introduction to theoretical and applied mechatronics, design and operation of mechatronics systems; mechanical, electrical, electronic, and opto-electronic components; sensors and actuators including signal conditioning and power electronics; microcontrollers—fundamentals, programming, and interfacing; and feedback control. Includes structured and term projects in the design and development of proto-type integrated mechatronic systems. Concepts, techniques, algorithms, and state-of-the-art approaches for mobile robots and robot manipulators covering modeling, control and simulation. Direct and inverse kinematics problem, Denavit-Hartenberg representation, Euler and RPY angles, homogeneous transformations, Manipulator Jacobian, differential relationships, force and moment analysis, inverse Jacobian,  trajectory generation and path planning. Robot arm dynamics and PD and PID controllers for
robotic manipulators, practical robotic system implementation aspects, limitations and constraints, and sensors and actuators.