Robotics and Automation Technology

Code

MMME4009

School

Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering

Level

4

Credits

10

Semesters

Autumn Malaysia

Summary

Manufacturing automation - introduction. Principles of CNC control and path determination. Internal sensors for CNC machine tool and robot control. Control and monitoring. External sensors and machine vision. Machine tool and robot actuators. Robotics - basic definitions. Robot configurations and functions. Kinematic analysis and control. Inverse transformations. Robot controller. Architecture, motion generation. Programming of robot systems - techniques and languages. Task level programming. Robot simulation. Industrial applications of robotic systems. Robot safety.

Target Students

Primarily for 4th/3rd year students in the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing EngineeringPassing Mark/Grade: 40% for UG BEng; 50% for UG MEng ; 50% for PG MSc

Classes

• One 2-hour lecture each week for 12 weeks

Activities may take place every teaching week of the Semester or only in specified weeks. It is usually specified above if an activity only takes place in some weeks of a Semester

Assessment

• 100% Exam 1 (2-hour): 2 hour examination

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students will be able to:

LO1: Describe and apply the working principle of various components including robot configuration, sensors, actuators, control, trajectory planning and task level programming in a robotic platform – AHEP4: M1; EAC: PO1

LO2: Understand the building blocks of automation and propose suitable robotic systems for automation applications – AHEP4: M1; EAC: PO1

LO3: Perform kinematic analysis including forward and inverse transformation of a robotic manipulator – AHEP4: M2; EAC: PO2
 

Conveners

• Dr Jee Hou Ho