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ECE 417 - Introduction to Robotics

Introduces robotics and operation of microcomputer-controlled manipulators with their applications in automation. Includes a general review of robot structure, current application of robots in automation, spatial descriptions and coordinate transformations, manipulator kinematics and solutions, robot control and path planning, dynamics and vision in robot application. Lec 2, Lab 3. (Fall.)

Prerequisites
ECE 177 or COS 220, and MAT 228; knowledge of matrix algebra and some familiarity with basic control and rigid body mechanics suggested.

Credits: 3