Fall 2003

CS287: Advanced Topics in Robotics

Modeling of Industrial Automation Systems

Mondays, 4-7 pm, 320 Soda

Instructor: Dan Reznik

Course activities:

Instructor will discuss various topics in industrial automation.

Visiting speakers will discuss various robotic-related projects

Students will work on weekly reading and problem assignments

Each student will present 2 research papers from pre-assigned list (see below)

Students will propose, implement, and document a term project

Reference books:

Handbook of Industrial Robotics, Shell & Hall

Materials Handling Handbook, David Mulcahy

Handbook of Industrial Automation, Shimon Nof

Assembly Automation, Frank Riley

21^st century Manufacturing, Paul Wright

Possible project themes:

Distributed arrays

Trajectory control, placement

Routing hub

Flow merger

Palletizing (2d, 3d)

Depalletizing

Singulation

Sortation systems

Modeling and algorithmic simulation

Induction into flow

Parts feeding

2d parts feeding

Assembly/disassembly planning and execution

Facility layout modeling and optimization

Paper review list:

Under construction

Tentative schedule:

Class #	Date	What will be covered	Term project schedule
1	Aug 25	Dan: Introduction to industrial automation (IA) systems
	Sep 1	Labor day, no class
2	Sep 8	Peter Varadi Elliptec Motors: Piezo motor tech Dan: IA 2
3	Sep 15	Eric Paulos, Intel Labs: Personal robotics and telepresence Dan: IA 3
4	Sep 22	Andrei Shkel, UC-Irvine: MEMs gyros Dan: IA 4
5	Sep 29	Thomas Ruge, ModViz: 3d highend visualization Dan: IA 5	Project proposal due
*	Oct 6	Yom kippur, no class
6	Oct 13	Paper reviews	Project discussion
7	Oct 20	Paper reviews	Project outline due
8	Oct 27	Paper reviews
9	Nov 3	Paper reviews
10	Nov 10	Paper reviews	Results summary due
11	Nov 17	Paper reviews
12	Nov 24	Project reviews
13	Dec 1	Project reviews	Final report due (6-page, 2 column)