UZB 438 - Robotic Control Systems

Course Objectives

• To introduce the control mechanisms of industrial robots.
• To introduce the application of sensors in robots.
• To introduce the working principles of dc motors and drivers.

Course Description

Open loop control, closed loop control. Friction and gravity factors, important points on frequency domain. Sensor systems, potantiometers, synchros, resolvers, optical sensors. Robot calibration. Driver systems, step motors, brushless dc motors, direct drive motors and actuators. Servo amplifiers, linear and pulse width modulation amplifiers, feedback effect on servo amplifiers.