What Will Learn?

• Course Aims

  Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental principles of theory and applications related to design and analyze different types of mechanisms and evaluate their performance. Design gripper, feeders, and Geneva mechanisms.

Requirements

MCT343

Description

• English Description
  
  Introduction to mobile robots, types, Principle of mobile robot locomotion and its types, Steering mechanisms. Types of mobile robots: ground robots (wheeled and legged robots), aerial robots, underwater robots and water surface robots. Kinematics of wheeled mobile robot, degree of freedom and maneuverability, generalized wheel model, different wheel configurations, holonomic and non-holonomic robots. Dynamics of mobile robot, Computer based dynamic (numerical) simulation of different wheeled mobile robots. Sensors for mobile robot navigation: magnetic and optical position sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetic compass, inclinometer, tactile and proximity sensors, ultrasound rangefinder, laser scanner, infrared rangefinder, visual and motion sensing systems. Mechanical design considerations in mobile robotics. Motion control of mobile robots: Motion controlling methods, kinematic control, dynamic control and cascaded control. SWSYm robots, cooperative and collaborative robots, mobile manipulators, autonomous mobile robots. This course will include projects on mechanical Design of a mobile robot, integration of a mobile robot Robot design, Actuator sizing, system Modeling, and implementations
• Arabic Description
  
  Introduction to mobile robots, types, Principle of mobile robot locomotion and its types, Steering mechanisms. Types of mobile robots: ground robots (wheeled and legged robots), aerial robots, underwater robots and water surface robots. Kinematics of wheeled mobile robot, degree of freedom and maneuverability, generalized wheel model, different wheel configurations, holonomic and non-holonomic robots. Dynamics of mobile robot, Computer based dynamic (numerical) simulation of different wheeled mobile robots. Sensors for mobile robot navigation: magnetic and optical position sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetic compass, inclinometer, tactile and proximity sensors, ultrasound rangefinder, laser scanner, infrared rangefinder, visual and motion sensing systems. Mechanical design considerations in mobile robotics. Motion control of mobile robots: Motion controlling methods, kinematic control, dynamic control and cascaded control. SWSYm robots, cooperative and collaborative robots, mobile manipulators, autonomous mobile robots. This course will include projects on mechanical Design of a mobile robot, integration of a mobile robot Robot design, Actuator sizing, system Modeling, and implementations