Robot Dynamics and Simulation

4 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: (ROB 101 or MATH 214 or MATH 217 or MATH 417 or MATH 419) and (PHYSICS 140 or PHYSICS 160) and (ROB 201 or MATH 216). Minimum grade requirement of “C-” for enforced prerequisite. (4 credits) Fundamentals of modeling systems of interconnected rigid bodies (multibody systems) to predict their motion in response to forces and moments imposed upon them. Covers multibody systems that include open and closed chain robots and wheeled or flying robots. Formulating equations of motion that describe the kinematics and dynamics of planar (2D) and spatial (3D) multibody systems and use of numerical routines to solve the resulting differential equations.