Robot Design - MTRN4110
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
School: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Course Outline: School
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
Enrolment Requirements:
prerequisites: ELEC1111 OR ELEC1112 AND MTRN2500 AND MMAN3200
Excluded: MTRN3100
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The course is aimed at developing skills on how to design and build a robot from scratch. Half of the course is lecture-based and deal with the following contents: Introduction to robot design. Mechanisms and dynamics of wheeled and legged robots. Mechanical design of wheeled and legged robots. Calculation of torques and selection of motors. Selection of sensors. Integration of mechatronic systems. Motion planning and control. Design of a robot using CAD. Simulation of a robot using MATLAB/C/C++. In the other half, students will design and build an actual robot using knowledge and skills acquired in the lecture.
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