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Statics: Forces and Torques

 

Date

Topic

Book Chapters

HW

Labs

Tue

8/25/09

Overview +

Degrees of Freedom

1.1 - 1.4

 

 

Thu

8/27/09

Rotation Matrices

2.1 - 2.2

 

 

Tue

9/1/09

Compositions (old 6) ,

2.4 - 2.5

   

Thu

9/3/09

Compositions Cont. and Homogeneous Representations

2.3, 2.6, 2.7

PS 1 assigned

 

Lab 1 assigned

Tue

9/8/09

Sai will present a review of Homogeneous Coordinates (notes given here and will go through problem 2.39 from the book

Howie will go through Basic Displacements (old 4+5)

2.6 2.7

 

 

Thu

9/10/09

Forward Kinematics +

Denavit-Hartenberg(Presentation, PDF Notes)

3.1-3.2

 

 

Tue

9/15/09

Denavit-Hartenberg

3.1-3.2

PS 1 due

PS 2 assigned

 

Thu

9/17/09

DH Examples

3.1-3.2

 

Lab 1 due  Lab 2 assigned

Tue

9/22/09

NO CLASS

 

Thu

9/24/09

Intro to Inverse Kinematics, half angle substitution

3.3-3.4

PS 2 due

 

 

Tue

9/29/09

Inverse Kinematics and Kinematic Decoupling

3.3-3.4    

Thu

10/1/09

SCARA, Puma inverse kinematics 3.3-3.4 PS 3 assigned  

Tue

10/6/09

Differential Kinematics + Introduction  to Angular velocity

4.1-4.5

 

 

Thu

10/8/09

Differentiating Rotation Matrices

4.1-4.5

PS 3 due

PS 4 assigned

 

Tue

10/13/09

Lab 2 Demos

 

 

Lab 2 due

Thu

10/15/09

Midterm Review
Practice Exam from last year

  PS4 due  

Tue

10/20/09

Midterm exam

 

   

Thu

10/22/09

Midterm Solutions      

Tue

10/27/09

Jacobians in SE3 Presentation

4.6, 4.9

PS 5 assigned

Lab 3 assigned 

Thu

10/29/09

Inverse Velocity Kinematics

+  Singularities Intuitive Jacob. Present,

 

4.10, 4.12

 

 

Tue

11/3/09

Pseudo Inverse Presen.+

4.11-4.14
 
 

 

Thu

11/5/09

Pseudo Inverse and Manipubility.+

Statics: Forces and Torques

4.11-4.14

PS 5 due

PS 6 assigned

 

Tue

11/10/09

Lagrangian Dynamics (2D) +

Equations of Motion I

7.1-7.3
 

 

 

Thu

11/12/09

Dynamics Cont. + Dynamics (Extra Material)

7.2-7.3
 
 

 

Tue

11/17/09

Equations of Motion - Numerical Integration and Friction 7.2-7.3

PS 6 due

 

 

Thu

11/19/09

Lagrangian Dynamics(3D)

 

PS 7 assigned

 

Tue

11/24/09

Lagrangian Dynamics(3D) Cont.

 

 

 

Thu

11/26/09

No Class (Thanksgiving)

 

 

 

Tue

12/1/09

Lab 3 Demos

 

PS 7 due

Lab 3 due 

Thu

12/3/09

Final Review

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mon

12/7

Final Exam - 5:30pm - 8:30pm