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Introduction to Robotics (RBT1001) - workshops materials

Syllabus

Week 1:

Introduction to ROS2 (PC based - INB1101)

*Preparation Materials

0. Setup your workstation
1. What is ROS and first concepts presentation (need to be already logged in blackboard)
2. Using ROS from the command line
3. Write your first ROS node

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Week 2:

Design a robotic system in ROS (PC based - INB1101)

*Preparation Materials

0. Setup your workstation
1. Introduction to URDF
2. The ROS TF tree
3. Model a 6DOF industrial manipulator
4. Model a 4 DOF robot arm - SCARA robot

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Week 3:

Direct and inverse kinematics (Tutorial - INB1101)

NOTE: Bring pen and paper!

*trigonometric Identities Cheatsheet

1. Solve Euler angles for direct and inverse problems
2. Solve Direct and Inverse Kinematics problems

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Week 4:

Programming robots in ROS (PC based - INB1101)

0. Setup your workstation
1. Implement Forward Kinematics
2. Use MoveIt! for Inverse Kinematics

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Week 5:

Programming and control of a real robotic manipulator (Lab based - INB1101)

1. Interfacing with a real robot - TIAGo Mobile manipulator
2. Control the robot from ROS code
3. Implement control trajectories

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Week 6:

Differential kinematics and Planning (Tutorial - INB1101)

NOTE: Bring pen and paper!

1. Derive Jacobian matrices for 2, 3 and 6 DOF arms.
2. Trajectory planning with 2 and 6 DOF arms.
3. Implementation of trajectory planning for a 6 DOF robot.

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Week 7:

Review of: Programming and control of a real robotic manipulator (Lab based - INB1101)

1. Review of week 5

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Week 8:

Robot simulation and programming (PC based - INB1101)

1. ROS2 + Gazebo

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Week 9:

Joint trajectory

1. ROS2 + Gazebo + Joint Trajectory Planning
2. Implement inverse kinematics

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Week 10:

Using the gripper and putting everything together

Simulation of final assessment with simple and incomplete example code

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Week 11:

Assessment 2 DEMOS

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Week 12: