MEC330 ROBOTICS AND ROBOT APPLICATIONS LTPC

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INTRODUCTION
Fundamentals of Robotics- robot anatomy, robot classification

ROBOT KINEMATICS
General characteristics - classification - special purpose tools - assembly fixtures Typical
designs, compliance in wrists - end effectors multiple end effectors systems.

ROBOT PROGRAMMING
Robot programming and languages - robot language development, language classification

ROBOT CELL DESIGN

Robot applications - robot applications in manufacturing: material transfer and machine loading /
unloading - processing operations like welding and painting - assembly operations - inspection
automation-robot cell design and control.

ROBOT DEVELOPMENTS
Recent developments in advanced robotics - special applications of robotics nuclear industry,
surgery, food manufacturing - miniature and micro robotics: technologies and applications.

TEXT BOOK
1. Harry Colestock, Industrial Robotics, McGraw Hill Book Co., New Delhi, 2005.

REFERENCES
1. Aggrawel, Robotics, Khanna Publishers, 2001.
2. Groover, M.P., Industrial Robotics, McGraw Hill Book Co., Singapore, 1986.
3. Deb, S.R., Robotics Technology and Flexible automation, Tata McGraw Hill Pub., New Delhi,
1994.