ECTS - Industrial Automation and Robotics Technology
Industrial Automation and Robotics Technology (MECE574) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Industrial Automation and Robotics Technology | MECE574 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Technical Electives (Group C) |
| Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture. |
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| Course Objectives | The main objective of this course is to familiarize students with the interdisciplinary field of robotics. The student must learn the Kinematics and Dynamics model of Serial manipulator, their correspondence with the real world. The course is designed with the objective of introducing students to the position and velocity-based control of robots. At the end of the course, the students should have gained aptitude in understanding, designing and implementation of the robot's control to perform certain task. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Principles of industrial automation systems, system approach for automated machinery and plants; advanced topics in pneumatic and hydraulic components and systems, design of pneumatic and hydraulic systems; principles of industrial robots and their role in industrial automation, mobile robots, robot arms, AS/RS; design issues in industrial automati |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Fundamentals: What is a Robot? Classification, History | Reviewing the course content |
| 2 | Components, Degrees of Freedom Joints, Coordinates, Reference Frames, Characteristics, Workspace, Applications | Repeat the previous week. |
| 3 | Robot Kinematics: Coordinate Frames, Matrix Representation | Repeat the previous week. |
| 4 | Homogeneous Transformation Matrices, Denavit-Hartenberg | Repeat the previous week. |
| 5 | Representation of Forward Kinematic Equations of Robots, Inverse Kinematic Solution of Robots. Types of Planar and Spatial mechanism. Degeneracy and Dexterity. The Fundamental Problem with the Denavit-Hartenberg Representation. | Repeat the previous week. |
| 6 | Differential Motions and Velocities. | Repeat the previous week. |
| 7 | Differential Relationships. Jacobian. Differential Motions of a Frame. Interpretation of Differential Change. Differential Changes Between Frames. Differential Motions of a Robot and Its Hand Frame. Calculation of the Jacobian. How to Relate the Jacobian and the Differential Operator. Inverse Jacobian. | Repeat the previous week. |
| 8 | Midterm | Study Midterm |
| 9 | Dynamic Analysis and Forces | Repeat the previous week. |
| 10 | Lagrangian Mechanics, Dynamic Equations for Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Robots. Static Force Analysis of Robots, Transformation of Forces and Moments Between Coordinate Frames | Repeat the previous week. |
| 11 | Trajectory Planning | Repeat the previous week. |
| 12 | Path vs. Trajectory. Joint Space vs. Cartesian-Space. | Repeat the previous week. |
| 13 | Basics of Trajectory Planning. Joint space trajectory planning, Cartesian space trajectories | Repeat the previous week. |
| 14 | Robot Kontrolü, Doğrusal Geri Bildirim Sistemleri, PD-Yerçekimi Kontrolü, Hesaplamalı Tork Kontrolü | Repeat the previous week. |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Peter Corke, "Robotics, Vision and Control", Springer, 2011 Saeed B. Niku, "Introduction to Robotics: Analysis, Systems, Applications", Pearson Education, 2003 |
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| 2. Robert J. Schilling, "Fundamentals of Robotics", Prentice Hall, 2005 J. J. Craig, Introduction to Robotics, Mechanics and Control, Pearson, Prentice Hall, 3rd Ed., 2005 | |
| 3. M.W. Spong, S. Hutchinson, M. Vidyasagar, Robot Modeling and Control, Wiley, 2006. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | 2 | 10 |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 10 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | 1 | 30 |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Toplam | 7 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Gains accumulated knowledge on mathematics, science and mechatronics engineering; develops an ability to apply the theoretical and applied knowledge of mathematics, science and mechatronics engineering to model and analyze mechatronics engineering problems. | X | ||||
| 2 | Develops ability to differentiate, identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; develops ability to select and implement proper analysis, modeling and implementation techniques for the identified engineering problems. | X | ||||
| 3 | Develops ability to design a complex system, product, component or process to meet the requirements under realistic constraints and conditions; develops ability to apply contemporary design methodologies; an ability to implement effective engineering creativity techniques in mechatronics engineering. (Realistic constraints and conditions includes economics, environment, sustainability, producibility, ethics, human health, social and political problems.) | X | ||||
| 4 | Gains ability to develop, select and use modern techniques, skills and tools for application of mechatronics engineering and robot technologies; develops ability to use information and communications technologies effectively. | X | ||||
| 5 | Develops ability to design experiments, perform experiments, collect and analyze data and assess the results for investigated problems on mechatronics engineering and robot technologies. | X | ||||
| 6 | Develops ability to work effectively on single disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; gains ability for individual work; develops ability to communicate and collaborate/cooperate effectively with other disciplines and scientific/engineering domains or working areas, ability to work with other disciplines. | X | ||||
| 7 | Develops ability to express creative and original concepts and ideas orally or written effectively, in Turkish and English language. | X | ||||
| 8 | Develops ability to reach information on different subjects required by the wide spectrum of applications of mechatronics engineering, criticize, assess and improve the knowledge-base; gains consciousness on the necessity of improvement and sustainability as a result of life-long learning; gains ability for monitoring the developments on science and technology; develops awareness on entrepreneurship, innovative and sustainable development and ability for continuous renovation. | |||||
| 9 | Gains ability to be conscious on professional and ethical responsibility, competency on improving professional consciousness and contributing to the improvement of profession itself. | |||||
| 10 | Gains knowledge on the applications at business life such as project management, risk management and change management and competency on planning, managing and leadership activities on the development of capabilities of workers who are under his/her responsibility working around a project. | |||||
| 11 | Gains knowledge about the global, societal and individual effects of mechatronics engineering applications on the human health, environment and security and cultural values and problems of the era; develops consciousness on these issues and develops awareness of legal results of engineering solutions. | |||||
| 12 | Gains the competence on defining, analyzing and surveying databases and other sources, proposing solutions based on research work and scientific results and communicate and publish numerical and conceptual solutions. | X | ||||
| 13 | Gains conciousness on the environmental and social responsibility and develops conciousness to be an individual in society. Gains ability to develop and implement projects and asses them with a critical view for their social implications and gains ability to change the related norms if necessary. | |||||
| 14 | Gains the competence on developing strategy, policy and application plans on the mechatronics engineering and evaluating the results in the context of quality standarts. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 132 | ||