Date Topics Readings Due Notes
20 Aug Introduction chapter1 - -
Planar transformations and displacements
22 Aug 2D vectors chapter2: 2.1.1-2.1.3 - -
24 Aug 2D coordinate systems 2.1.4-2.2 - -
27 Aug Planar transformations 2.2.1-2.4 - -
29 Aug Homogeneous transformations 2.5 - -
31 Aug Operators 2.6 HW01 -
3 Sep Labor day - - -
Spatial transformations and displacements
5 Sep 3D vectors, rotations chapter3: 3.1-3.2.4 - -
7 Sep Composition of rotations, transformations 3.2.4-3.4 - -
10 Sep Angle-axis 3.5 HW02 -
12 Sep Euler angles, RPY angles, Rodrigues vector 3.6-8 - -
14 Sep Quaternions, screws 3.10-11 - -
17 Sep No class - - -
19 Sep Matrix exponentials 3.12 HW03 -
Forward kinematics for position
21 Sep Types of robots, basic DH parameters chapter4: 4.1-4.3.1 - -
24 Sep DH special cases, end and base links 4.3.2-4.3.5 - -
26 Sep DH parameters to manipulators 4.4 - -
28 Sep Exam 1 review (Chapters 2-3) - HW04 -
1 Oct Exam 1 - - -
3 Oct Manipulators to DH parameters 4.5 - -
5 Oct Forward kinematics, tool transform 4.6.1-4.6.4 - -
8 Oct Fall break - - -
Inverse kinematics for position
15 Oct Two-link manipulators, spatial arm chapter5: 5.1-5.2.1 HW05 -
17 Oct Spatial arm with shoulder 5.2.2 - -
19 Oct Wrist solution, 6-DOF manipulator 5.3-5.4 - -
Trajectory planning
22 Oct Polynomial and LSPB trajectories chapter6: 6.1 - -
24 Oct Cartesian trajectory planning: position 6.2 HW06 -
Velocity and acceleration
26 Oct Time derivatives of rotation matrices chapter7: 7.1-7.2.2 - -
29 Oct Euler angle rates, spatial motion of objects 7.2.3-7.3 - -
31 Oct Exam 2 review (Chapters 4-5) - HW07 -
2 Nov Exam 2 - - -
Velocity kinematics
5 Nov Joint-constrained motion chapter8: 8.1.1-8.1.3 - -
7 Nov No class - - -
9 Nov Velocity Jacobians 8.1.4-8.2 - -
12 Nov Acceleration, inverse kinematic velocities 8.3-8.5 - -
Statics
14 Nov Forces and torques chapter9: 9.1-9.2 HW08 -
16 Nov Center of mass 9.3 - -
19 Nov 1D and 2D manipulator force and torque 9.4-9.5 - -
21 Nov Twists, wrenches and reciprocal screws 8.7, 9.8 HW09 -
23 Nov Thanksgiving break - - -
26 Nov Exam 3 review (Chapters 6-8) - - -
28 Nov Exam 3 - - -
Dynamics
30 Nov 3D manipulator force and torque; Momentum, inertia 9.6-9.7, chapter10: 10.1-10.2 - -
3 Dec Properties of the inertia matrix 10.2.1-10.2.3 - -
5 Dec Newton-Euler equations, 1D robot dynamics 10.3-10.4 - -
7 Dec Final exam review - HW10 -
10 Dec Final exam (1-3pm) - - -