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MSE 511/L
Khashayar “Kash” Behdinan
This course is designed to contribute primarily to:
-Knowledge of and ability to prepare automatic processes, and design automatic operations in
manufacturing environment;
-Ability to design and write robotic programming;
-Knowledge to design robotic processes using robotic equipment to understand and to develop various
alternative processes for different features;
-Ability to conduct a project that you need to determine process conditions
Course Objectives
Course Plan
Fundamentals of robotics and robot applications. Topics include control system components, end effectors, sensors,
programming, robotic cell design, and programmable automation.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
“Industrial Robotics: Technology, Programming, and Applications”
Groover, Weiss, Nagel, Odrey, McGraw-Hill
Handbook of Industrial Robotics, 2nd edition, by Simon Y. Nof, JohnWiley and Sons.
Introduction to Robotics: Analysis, Systems, Applications, by Saeed B. ,Niku, Prentice Hall
TextBook
1. Introduction to robotics and Robot programming (2 weeks)
lead-through, off-line, pick and place
2. Automation and robotics (3 weeks)
fundamentals, robot anatomy, work volume, control system components,
control system and programming, precision, end effectors, sensors,
applications,
logical control components, program flow and subroutines
3. Motion analysis and control (3 weeks)
sensors, vision, kinematics, dynamics, drafting ladder logic
4. Work design and control (2 weeks)
coordination/synchronization, work control, floor layout, material transfer and
machine loading/unloading, operations,
assembly operations, designing for robotic assembly, programming data
handling and
comparison instructions
5. Economics of robotics (1 weeks)
methodology, integration with other automation
6. Artificial Intelligence (2 weeks)
7. Future technologies (1 week)
relationships to CAD/CAM, mobility
Robotics with Application and Lab
Student Projects
Writing CSUN with Fanuc Robot
Painting Robot
Robot Simulation