Postgraduate Course: Industrial Robotics (MSc) (PGEE11212)

Course Outline
School	School of Engineering	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Automation is becoming pervasive in most industrial sectors, therefore the new generation of manufacturing engineers must be conversant in this topic. Given the growing spread of industrial robots in the factory, the course aims at providing essential skills and knowledge for students looking for potential employment in manufacturing automation. Emphasis in particular will be placed on industrial robot applications which mainly revolve around the analysis of robot manipulators, their components, their design and control.
Course description	Topics Covered: - Industrial robot components and applications - Rigid body motions: translations, rotation - Forward kinematics, inverse kinematics - Differential kinematics, Jacobians - Feedback and feedforward Control - Trajectory Generation - Rigid Body Dynamics It is not a pre-requisite but students are recommended to have previously attended classes in alegbra and dynamics.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 14, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 4, Formative Assessment Hours 2, Revision Session Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 70 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Coursework %: 100
Feedback	Mid-term formative feedback exercise, in-person feedback during individual workshop exercises, feedback on formal individual assignments given within 15 days as well as class overview feedback.
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Gain familiarity with industrial robotics, its applications and possible niche sectors; Discuss the various elements that make an industrial robot system; Understand and model kinematics of multi-degree-of-freedom manipulators Program and control an industrial robot system that performs a specific task relevant to industrial automation.