Teaching Joint-Level Robot Programming with a New Robotics Software Tool

With the rising popularity of robotics in our modern world there is an increase in the number of engineering programs that offer the basic Introduction to Robotics course. This common introductory robotics course generally covers the fundamental theory of robotics including robot kinematics, dynamic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Robotics (Basel) Jg. 6; H. 4; S. 41
Hauptverfasser: Gonzalez, Fernando, Zalewski, Janusz
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: MDPI AG 01.12.2017
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ISSN:2218-6581, 2218-6581
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Zusammenfassung:With the rising popularity of robotics in our modern world there is an increase in the number of engineering programs that offer the basic Introduction to Robotics course. This common introductory robotics course generally covers the fundamental theory of robotics including robot kinematics, dynamics, differential movements, trajectory planning and basic computer vision algorithms commonly used in the field of robotics. Joint programming, the task of writing a program that directly controls the robot’s joint motors, is an activity that involves robot kinematics, dynamics, and trajectory planning. In this paper, we introduce a new educational robotics tool developed for teaching joint programming. The tool allows the student to write a program in a modified C language that controls the movement of the arm by controlling the velocity of each joint motor. This is a very important activity in the robotics course and leads the student to gain knowledge of how to build a robotic arm controller. Sample assignments are presented for different levels of difficulty.
ISSN:2218-6581
2218-6581
DOI:10.3390/robotics6040041