COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FUNDAMENTALS OF ROBOTICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ETE 3007 FUNDAMENTALS OF ROBOTICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AHMET ÖZKURT

Offered to

Industrial Engineering
Textile Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Computer Engineering
Mining Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

Aim of the lesson is to teach robotics structures, which are combination of electrical, electronic, control, programming and mechanical designs in engineering areas, to the students. robot projects will be given to groups which are organized by different department students for developing team working skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to inform robotic components
2   to inform embedded softwares
3   To learn the communication between computer and microcontrollers
4   to understand control strategies
5   to inform mechanical structures of robotics
6   to inform sensor structures of the robotics
7   to inform forward and inverse kinematics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Robot Definition and Introduction to usage areas- Project Selection
2 History of Robots, Types of Robots, Discussion of Asimov s Laws of Robotics
3 Robot Components and functions
4 Robot design steps
5 Robotic Sensors
6 Robotic Actuators
7 Robotic Locomotion
8 Robotic Motion Planning 1- Mapping
9 Robotic Motion Planning 2-kinematics
10 Introduction to Robotic Control Theory
11 Robot control applications
12 Project Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Reference: Ana kaynak: Introduction to Robotics, Analysis, Systems, Applications, Saeed B. Niku, Prentice Hall, 2001, ISBN 0130613096
Sub-Reference: Introduction to Robotics, Mechanics and Control, John J .Craig, Pearson, 2005, ISBN 0131236296

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In this lesson, fundamental knowledge of the students will be improved by the given literature and with multi-discipliner experiments, some practical implementations will be realized.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.15 + PRJ * 0.35 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.15 + PRJ * 0.35 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

In the midterm and final exams, 1. to inform robotic components 4. to understand control strategies 5. to inform mechanical structures of robotics 6. to inform sensor structures of the robotics 7. to inform forward and inverse kinematics

In the Project and homeworks,1. to inform robotic components 2. to inform embedded softwares 3. To learn the communication between computer and microcontrollers
4. to understand control strategies 5. to inform mechanical structures of robotics
6. to inform sensor structures of the robotics
Will be tested

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof.Dr. Ahmet ÖZKURT
E-Mail: ahmet.ozkurt@ deu.edu.tr Tel: 0232 3017134

Office Hours

2 hours per week

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture 14 2 28
Lecture Preperation 14 1 14
Final Preperation 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Presentation Preperation 1 5 5
Project 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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