Robotics &
Artificial
Intelligence
Major/Minor Degree
offered by ECS Dept.
Table of Contents
1
Why RAI?
Why to get a minor degree
in Robotics & AI.
2
Syllabus
Topics
Why RAI?
- Future of Mankind
- These two fields are rapidly
growing and now beginning to
converge.
- Solve human problems and
improve quality of life.
Knowledge is the beginning of practice;
doing is the completion of knowing.
— Wang Yangming
Syllabus
Introduction to Robotics
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4
Fundamentals, Types & Drive Systems & Kinematics Dynamics &
Anatomy sensors Planning
Unit 1
Basic Concepts in (Fundamentals of) robotics:
Automation and robotics, Robot applications
Different classifications of the robot: By application, by a coordinate system, by actuation system,
by control method and by programming method.
Robot anatomy: links and joints, Joint notation scheme. Degree of Freedom, Degree of
Manipulability, Robot resolution, accuracy and repeatability. Concept of workspace/Work envelope.
Robot End Effectors: Grippers and Tools.
Unit 2
Drive systems: Pneumatic and hydraulic Drives. Electric: Relation between torque and voltage. AC
and DC Servo motors, Stepper motors, BLDC motors. Electronic control of motor L293D
Sensors: Characteristics of a sensor, Classification of Sensors, Touch sensors, Position Sensors:
Potentiometer, LVDT, Optical Encoders, Force/Moment sensors, Range Sensor, Proximity Sensors-
Inductive sensor, capacitive sensor, Hall effect sensor, Passive Sensor: RCC
Unit 3
Introduction to AI: What is Intelligence? Problem Solving: Defining a problem
State Space Search: Breadth First Search, Depth First Search, Heuristic Search: Heuristic
Functions, Best First Search, Hill Climbing,
Randomized Search: Simulated Annealing. Genetic Algorithm, Travelling Salesman Problem
Optimal Search: A* algorithm, Iterative Deepening A*, Recursive Best First Search.
Knowledge Representation: Representation and Mapping, Approaches to knowledge
representation.
Unit 4
Predicate Logic: Representing simple facts and logic, Representing instance and ISA relationship,
Computable functions and predicates.
Logic and Inferences: Formal Logic, Propositional Logic, Resolution method in Propositional
Logic, and First Order Logic, Forward & Backward Chaining.
Planning: STRIPS, Forward and Backward State Space Planning, Goal Stack Planning, Plan Space
Planning.
Game Playing: Mini-Max Search Procedure, Alpha-Beta Pruning.
Thanks!
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