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2008-2009 Graduate Catalog 
    
2008-2009 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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 & Notes
COS 215 or COS 220; MAT 228; knowledge of matrix algebra and some familiarity with basic control and rigid body mechanics suggested.

Credits: 3