Robot - Definition - Laws of Robot- Robot Anatomy - Coordinate Systems, Work Envelope, Types and Classification-Specifications - Pitch, Yaw, Roll, Joint Notations, Speed of Motion, Pay Load - Robot Parts and their Functions - Need for Robots-Different Applications - Material Handling, Processing and Assembly.

Pneumatic Drives - Hydraulic Drives - Mechanical Drives - Electrical Drives - Stepper Motors, Servo Motors - Salient Features, Applications and Comparison of all these drives. End Effectors - Grippers - Mechanical Grippers, Pneumatic and Hydraulic - Grippers, Magnetic Grippers, Vacuum Grippers; Two Fingered and Three Fingered Grippers; Internal Grippers and External Grippers; Selection and Design Considerations.

Requirements of a sensor, Principles and Applications of various types of sensors - contact sensors - touch sensors, position & displacement sensors - potentiometers, encoders, LVDT, pneumatic sensors, force & torque sensors, wrist sensors, joint sensors, tactile array sensors, slip sensors for robot grippers, Proximity & Range sensors, optical sensors, Electro-optical imaging sensors. Machine vision - Camera, Frame Grabber, Sensing and Digitizing Image Data-Signal Conversion, Image Storage, Lighting Techniques, Image Processing and Analysis-Data Reduction, Segmentation, Feature Extraction, Object Recognition.

Forward Kinematics and Inverse Kinematics, Forward Kinematics and Reverse Kinematics of manipulators with Two, Three Degrees of Freedom (in 2 & 3 Dimension), Co-ordinate reference frame, Velocity and Forces - Manipulator Dynamics, Trajectory Generator, Manipulator Mechanism Design - Derivations and problems.

Lead through Programming, Robot programming Languages-VAL Programming-Motion Commands, Sensor Commands, End Effectors commands and simple Programs. RGV, AGV: Implementation of Robots in Industries - Various Steps; Safety Considerations for Robot Operations - Economic Analysis of Robots.