2021 Fall

MECENG 206A 001 - LEC 001

Introduction to Robotics

Koushil Sreenath, Yi Ma

Aug 25, 2021 - Dec 10, 2021

Tu, Th

02:00 pm - 03:29 pm

Dwinelle 145

Class #:33594

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Mechanical Engineering

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 4

Enrolled: 34

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 38

Waitlist Max: 9

Open Reserved Seats:

1 reserved for Mechanical Engineering Standard Graduate Programs

2 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission

2 reserved for Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering Students

3 reserved for 5th Year Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering Students

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 5 hours of outside work hours per week, 3 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Final Exam

TUE, DECEMBER 14TH

08:00 am - 11:00 am

Physics Building 4

Other classes by Koushil Sreenath

+ 2 Independent Study

Other classes by Yi Ma

Course Catalog Description

This course is an introduction to the field of robotics. It covers the fundamentals of kinematics, dynamics, and control of robot manipulators, robotic vision, and sensing. The course deals with forward and inverse kinematics of serial chain manipulators, the manipulator Jacobian, force relations, dynamics, and control. It presents elementary principles on proximity, tactile, and force sensing, vision sensors, camera calibration, stereo construction, and motion detection. The course concludes with current applications of robotics in active perception, medical robotics, autonomous vehicles, and other areas.