Mechatronics 1
Week 1
Learning Outcomes
• What is a robot and analysis on how it
works will be presented in this course
(week 1 to week 13).
• By the end of this session (week 1),
students will understand the terms
mechatronics and robots.
Course Outline
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Mechatronics & Robots.
Industrial robots
Service robots
Robot joints
Robot coordinates
MECHATRONICS 1 (2 + 2 credits)
Mechatronics
Mechanics
Electronics
Robots
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Non Robots
Robots & Robotics
• Robot
– Karel Cepek, a Czechoslovakian playwright, used the
word “Robot” for the first time in his play called R.U.R.
- Rossum’s Universal Robot in 1921.
– Robota means worker in Czech language.
• Robotics
– The word “Robotics” was introduced by Isaac Asimov
to describe the science of dealing with robotics.
– Three laws of Robotics, a well known robotics law by
Isaac Asimov.
Classification of Robot
Industrial Robot
Classification 1
Human Needs
Service Robot
Equipment Needs
(no direct contact with people)
Fixed Robot
Classification 2
Wheeled Robot
Mobile Robot
Legged Robot
Industrial Robot ???
1. British Robot Association (BRA):
“ A reprogrammable device designed to both
manipulate and transport parts, tools, or
specialised manufacturing implements
through variable programmed motions for the
performance of specific manipulating tasks.”
2. Robot Institute of America (RIA) :
“ A reprogrammable multifunctional manipulator
designed to move material, parts, tools or
other specialized devices through variable
programmed motions for the performance of
a variety of tasks.”
Industrial Robot ???
3. Japan Industry Robot Association
(JIRA JRA) :
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Manual handling devices
Pick and place devices
Programmable variable sequence
manipulators
Robots taught manually
Robots controlled by a programming
language
Robots which can react to their
environments
Industrial Robot ???
4. International Standard Organization
(ISO 8373) :
“ An automatically controlled,
reprogrammable, multipurpose,
manipulator programmable in three or
more axes, which may be either fixed in
place or mobile for use in industrial
automation applications.”
5. Indonesia ? ? ?
Service Robot
International Federation of Robotics (IFR) :
“ A robot which operates semi or fully
autonomously to performs services
useful to the well being of humans and
equipment, excluding manufacturing
operations.”
TYPES OF ROBOT (1)
TYPES OF ROBOT (2)