Fall 2003
CS287: Advanced Topics in Robotics
Modeling of Industrial Automation Systems
Mondays,
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
21st 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 |
Dan: IA 2 |
|
3 |
Sep 15 |
Dan: IA 3 |
|
4 |
Sep 22 |
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) |