CSC353
Spring 2008
Ileana Streinu

• Theory:
  • Basic kinematics and dynamics of mechanical linkages and robot arms
  • Basic motion planning algorithms
• Hardware:
  • Lego Mindstorms
  • Sony Aibo dog
  • Pioneer mobile robot
  • Robotic parts: sensors, motors, bracing and mobility, micro-controller
• Software:
  • Robot programming at different levels:
    • Very high level (visually): Aibo or MindStorms
    • High level language: C++
    • Assembly level
  • Simple robot simulation: in Mathematica
• A few Robotics Problems:
  • Motion control
  • Collision avoidance
  • Sensor input processing
• And some very recent Robotics Applications:
  • Sensor networks
  • Robotics techniques for protein motion simulation