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EM 800 Robotics – I
Campus SMME
Programs PG
Session Fall Semester 2016
Course Title Robotics – I
Course Code EM 800
Credit Hours 3-0
Pre-Requisutes
Course Objectives The objective of this course is to equip the students with the fundamentals of robotics theory. This course is designed to give the students a firm grip on the kinematics, dynamics, design and control fundamentals that form the backbone of robotics research.
Detail Content Forward and Inverse kinematics of 6-degree freedom serial robots.

Path planning and obstacle avoidance techniques.

Worspace-9 software and its implementations
Text/Ref Books Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control, by John J. Craig, Prentice-Hall, 3rd Edition, 2004.

ISBN-10: 0201543613, ISBN-13: 978-0201543612.
Time Schedule Fall Semester 2014
Faculty/Resource Person Dr Abdul Ghafoor
PhD (University of Salford) UK
Discipline: Mechanical Engineering
Specialisation: Robots Kinematics & Mechanisms

Dr Yasar Ayaz
PhD (Tohoku University) Japan
Discipline: Mechatronics Engineering
Specialisation: Robotics & Machine Intelligence