Automation and Robotics

Undergraduate

Principles of digital controller systems including their architecture, interfacing, communication, interrupts, and power management. Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and PLC programming languages. Human-machine interfaces (HMIs). Parameter tuning in industrial feedback control systems. Modelling, path planning, and programming of industrial robots. Safety and ethical considerations in automation. Operating principles of a manipulator, actuators, non-industrial applications of robots, purpose of a layered system for robot programming, major categories of robot programming, robot vision, simulation used in industry, and characteristics of DSSP in Microsoft Robotics Studio. Course Format: Lectures, 3 hours per week; labs, 2 hours per week Restrictions: open to BEng majors. Prerequisite(s): IENG 2P12 Co-requisite(s): IENG 3P11 Course Notes: Completing a mini-project in conjunction with IENG 3P11 Applied Machine Learning is required.