Spring 2001, CRN 11603 and 13437, 3 credits, MWF 12:20-1:10, Holden 114
Dr. Pushkin Kachroo
459 Durham Hall,
The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0111, 540-231-2976, pushkin@vt.edu
Office Hours: 2:30-4:00 MWFHomeworks 42% ; Projects: 8%
Midterms: 25%
Final: 25%List Serve Address: ecpe4704_11603@listserv.vt.edu and ME4524_13437@listserv.vt.edu
Recommended Books:
(Industrial Robotics)
Introduction to Robotics, by John J. Craig, Addison Wesley.
Robotics, Fu, Gonzales, Lee, McGraw Hill
Robot. Dynamics, and Control, Spong and Vidyasagar, John Wiley and Sons
Analytical Robotics and Mechatronics, Wolfram Stadler
Introduction to Robotics, Phillip John McKerrow, Addison Wesley
(Mobile Robotics)
Robotic Explorations, Fred G. Martin, Prentice Hall.
Mobile Robots, Jones and Flynn, A K Peters.
Applied Robotics, Wise, Prompt Publications.
The Robot Builder's Bonanza, McComb, McGraw Hill.
Robots, Androids, and Animatrons, Iovine, McGraw Hill.
The Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms Robots, Knudsen, O'Reilly.
Stiquito for Beginners, An Introduction to Robotics, Conrad and Mills, IEEE Computer Society.
Project Report Format: report.html
Click here for Robotic Arm Kit Page
Click here for Descartes Robot Kit Page
Project Kits:
There will be two different project kits. These are available at the robot store.
Kit1 - (Robotic Arm with gripper and PC control): Items 3-481, and 3-678.
Kit2 -(Descartes Robot Kit ): 3-710
Matlab Code:
This zip file contains matlab code for kinematics and dynamics for robotic manipulators. The documentation is in the robot.ps file robot.zip.
Matlab animation toolbox is at animation-2.zip . The zip file contains animation.html file that you should read. Try out the truck demo in the zip file to see how the animation works. More documentation is in documentation.
Teams: (Team names, student names, and assigned projects): teams.txt
Latest Grades: grades.html
