MCG 4134 Robot Design and Control

3 units
Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Classification of robot manipulators. Forward and Inverse Kinematics. Design of joint actuating systems. Independent joint control. Point-to-point control. Path planning and trajectory control. Computed torque technique. Compliance and force control. Sensory components for robot control. End of arm tooling.

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Prerequisites: MCG 3131 , ( MCG 3307 or MCG 3142 ).

Previously Offered Terms:

Winter

Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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