Syllabus

Academic Year 2024-25

2. Kinematics and dynamics of robots and robotic systems

2.1 Main characteristic of robotic system

2.2 The mechanical aspects of robotics

2.3 Degrees of freedom of a rigid body 

2.4 Kinematic pairs 

      2.4.1 Lower Pairs in Planar Mechanisms 

      2.4.2 Lower Pairs in Spatial Mechanisms 

2.5 Constrained Rigid Bodies 

2.6 Degrees of Freedom of Planar Mechanisms 

2.7. Kinematic chains 

2.8 Robotic manipulator 

2.9 Robotic mobility drive 

2.10 Robot control system

3. Parts of robotic system

3.1. Components of robots and robotic systems 

3.2. Body or structure

3.3 Sensors

3.4 Actuators

3.5 Power supply

3.6 Control system

3.7 End effectors

3.8 Communication Systems and Software/Programming

4. Introduction to set and simulation software – Lego education Spike Prime

4.1 Set elements

4.2 Creating a project

4.3 Connecting and controlling actuators

4.4 Connecting and controlling sensors 

4.5 Sensor conditions

4.6 Next steps