Introduction to Robotics and Automatic Systems
General
- Code: Ρ102
- Semester: 1st
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Course type: Core
- Teaching and exams language: Ελληνικά
- The course is offered to Erasmus students
- ECTS Units: 7.5
Course Contents
- Fundamental principles of control systems and automation
- Analysis and design of control systems
- Laboratory project on automatic control of a system
- Introduction to Robotics: definition of industrial robots, historical development of Robotics
- Applications of Robotics in research and industry
- Degrees of freedom, accuracy, repeatability, motion speed, payload capacity
- Robot arm, joints, end-effectors, control system and controller, teaching stations
- Robot workspace: Cartesian, cylindrical, spherical configurations; SCARA type, Gantry type
- Kinematic analysis – forward and inverse kinematics, homogeneous transformations
- Trajectory control of robotic arms
- Control and programming of robotic manipulators
- Control systems and operation of Kawasaki robotic arms
- Laboratory project: complete study on a 4DOF robotic arm
Educational Goals
The course aims to introduce students to the fundamental concepts of Automatic Control and Robotics. It covers the basic principles of system design, analysis, and control, as well as robotics. Control techniques and controller programming are presented, along with programming of robotic manipulators, spatial descriptions of a robot’s position and orientation, and rotations. The principles of kinematic analysis are introduced, addressing both the forward and inverse kinematics problem.
The course includes a laboratory project on automatic control of a system and concludes with a laboratory project based on an industrial-type Kawasaki robotic arm.
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Teaching Methods
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Use of ICT means
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Teaching Organization
| Activity | Semester workload |
| Ώρες Διδασκαλίας | 39 |
| Συγγραφή αναφοράς θεμάτων | 100 |
| Αυτοτελής Μελέτη | 50 |
| Total | 189 |
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Recommended Bibliography
- Robotics, Ioannis Boutalis, 2nd edition, ISBN 9786188317055, 2017, Krikos Publications.
- Introduction to Robotics, 4th edition, ISBN 9786182211137, 2024, Tziola Publications.
- Robotics, Zoe Doulgeri, ISBN 9789602185025, 2007, Kritiki Publications.