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Robot-Basic concepts, Need, Laws of robotics, History, Robot Anatomy, specifications. Robot configurations, cartesian, cylinder, polar and articulate. Robot wrist mechanism, Precision and accuracy of robot. End effector and Grippers, Classification of robot, progressive advancement in robots, anatomy: links, joint and joint notation scheme, degree of freedom, arm configuration, wrist configuration, Human arm characteristics, applications

Selection of motor for automation system, sizing of servo motor for a specific application, importance of sizing, selection of mechanical components, load cycle definition, load inertia and torque calculations, selection of motors, Selection of precision motion components, LM Guide ways, Ball screws, bearings, Types, Selection, from the manufacturer‘s catalogue based on the applications, fixing arrangements and assembly, Material handling systems

PLC introduction, input and output devices of a PLC, PLC basics PLC, basics of PLC programming, Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), Overview, Developer and runtime packages, Architecture, Tools, Tags, Graphics, Alarm logging, Tag logging, Trends Sensors in robot, Touch Sensors, Tactile sensor, Proximity and range sensors. Force sensor, Light sensors, Pressure sensors, Introduction to Machine Vision and Artificial Intelligence, History, Report generation.

Aerospace automation, Industrial applications of robots, Space application of Robots, Robotics in Underwater operations, Defence, Disaster management., Micro and Nanorobots, Future Applications. Cobots in Aviation industry, Latest trends.