INE-3601 Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Systems - 5 stp

Lecture week 1

• Historical overview: expectations vs. potential of robotics
• Application aspects of robots (Industrial robots, Cobots and Service robots)
• Basic definitions, structure and types of robots (industrial)
• Actuators, internal sensors, fundamental control concepts
• Interfaces, external sensors
• Programming approaches, integration into production systems

Lecture week 2

• Kinematic modeling of robot arms: coordinate transformations, modeling conventions
• Solving forward and inverse kinematic problems
• Inverse kinematic solutions
• Path interpolation, acceleration, deceleration
• Agile manufacturing systems, conceptualisation of Industry 4.0-5.0 systems

Bachelor degree in Engineering program in mechanical, electrical power, electronics, mechatronics, material science, industrial engineering, process engineering or other equivalent majors.

In addition, the following requirements must be met:

-minimum 25 credits in mathematics (equivalent to Mathematical Methods 1, 2 og 3), 5 credits in statistics and 7,5 ects i physics on a higher level is required.

Application code: 9371

Introduction to the industrial robot, the Cobot and some aspects of Service robots. Design of robots and their industrial applications. Technical, economic, and organizational issues related to the implementation of robotics in advanced flexible manufacturing systems.

Knowledge (K):

• Robots: Structure, applications, role in industry and society
• Robot kinematics, coordinate frames and Jacobian matrices
• Control systems for motion control

Skills (S):

• Design and programming of robots

General competence (GC):

• Applying robots in advanced manufacturing systems
• Industry 4.0- 5.0 advanced manufacturing systems

Teaching language: English

Examination language: English. Answers are also accepted in Norwegian.