Week 1: Definition of Robot, Types of Robots (manipulator, legged robot, wheeled robot, autonomous underwater vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles), Use of Robots, Asimov’s Laws of Robotics, History of Robotics
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Week 2: Key Components of a Robot, Introduction and Working Principles of Sensors (vision sensor, force sensor, light-dependent resistor (LDR), temperature sensor, smoke sensor, accelerometer gyroscope, laser sensor, tilt sensor, compass)
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Week 3: Introduction and Working Principles of Sensors (infrared transmitter-receiver, infrared sensor array, PIR sensor, sonar sensor)
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Week 4: Introduction and Working Principles of Actuators (DC motor, servo motor, stepper motor)
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Week 5: Interfacing Hardware (Motor Driver, ADC, Op-Amp) and Micro-controllers
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Week 6: Week 7: Transformations to Kinematics (with background)
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Week 7: Transformations to Kinematics (with background)
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Week 8: Transformations to Kinematics (with background)
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Week 9: Forward Kinematics
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Week 10: Control Theory of Robotic Systems (feedback control, PID controller)
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Week 11: Control Theory of Robotic Systems (robot odometry, differential drive and navigation)
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Week 12: Obstacle avoidance/tracking for mobile robots
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Week 13: Motion Planning Strategies for Static Environments, Implementation of Motion Planning Algorithms
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