Electrical Engineering 125

Title Introduction to Robotics
Units 4
Prerequisites 120 or equivalent, consent of instructor.
Description An introduction to the kinematics, dynamics, and control of robot manipulators, robotic vision, sensing, and the programming of robots. The course will cover forward, inverse kinematics of serial chain manipulators. The manipulator Jacobian, force relations, dynamics and control-position, and force control. Trajectory generation, collision avoidance, automatic planning of fine and gross motion strategies, robot programming languages. Proximity, tactile, and force sensing. Network modeling, stability, and fidelity in teleoperation. Biological analogies and medical applications of robotics. Also listed as Bioengineering C125.
Course Guide Course Guide
Sections Instructor Teaching Effectiveness How worthwhile was this course?
Fall 2014 Ruzena Bajcsy 4.7 / 7 5.7 / 7
Fall 2012 Ruzena Bajcsy 4.8 / 7 5.8 / 7
Fall 2011 Ruzena Bajcsy 5.3 / 7 6.0 / 7
Fall 2010 Ruzena Bajcsy 4.1 / 7 5.0 / 7
Fall 2009 Ruzena Bajcsy 4.5 / 7 5.3 / 7
Fall 2008 Ruzena Bajcsy 4.0 / 7 5.3 / 7
Fall 2007 Ruzena Bajcsy 4.5 / 7 6.5 / 7
Fall 2007 Vincent Duindam 6.7 / 7 6.8 / 7
Fall 2005 Frank Tendick 4.9 / 7 4.9 / 7
Fall 2004 Frank Tendick 5.4 / 7 5.3 / 7
Fall 2003 Frank Tendick 5.7 / 7 5.7 / 7
Fall 2002 Frank Tendick 5.8 / 7 6.1 / 7
Fall 2001 Frank Tendick 5.1 / 7 5.3 / 7
Spring 2001 Murat Cenk Cavusoglu 5.0 / 7 5.3 / 7
Frank Tendick 5.9 / 7 5.6 / 7
Fall 1999 Frank Tendick 4.5 / 7 4.8 / 7
Fall 1998 Frank Tendick 4.7 / 7 4.9 / 7
Fall 1997 Frank Tendick 5.5 / 7 5.4 / 7
Spring 1997 Frank Tendick 5.2 / 7 5.2 / 7
Spring 1996 Camillo J. Taylor 6.3 / 7 3.7 / 7
Fall 1995 Frank Tendick 5.0 / 7 5.4 / 7
Fall 1994 Camillo J. Taylor 6.7 / 7 6.7 / 7
Fall 1993 S. Shankar Sastry 6.5 / 7 5.8 / 7
Fall 1992 Matt Berkmeier 3.7 / 7 5.1 / 7
Fall 1991 Curt Deno 5.5 / 7 5.5 / 7
Fall 1989 John Canny 6.0 / 7 6.0 / 7
S. Shankar Sastry 6.0 / 7 6.0 / 7
Overall Rating Teaching Effectiveness How worthwhile was this course?
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