Combinational and sequential programmable logic devices. Micro-code controlled digital unit. Serial and parallel data transmission. Microprocessor-based digital systems. Transfer function and state variable representations for analyzing stability, controllability, and observability.
Laboratories involve both simulations and hardware.
Laboratory work includes design simulations and test experiments on chips fabricated externally. Visual perception and thinking, operations on digital images, shaded pictures, perspective transformation, picture generation using solid polyhedra, illumination and color models, ray tracing, special effects and animation. Basic robot components from encoders to microprocessors. Kinematic and dynamic analysis of manipulators. Open- and closed loop control strategies, task planning, contact and noncontact sensors, robotic image understanding, and robotic programming languages.