UVic ECE Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering



ECE 426 (1 1/2) Robotics











Assignments



Assignment #1 (Revised: Due Wednesday, Jan 26) :

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Assignment #2 (Due Tuesday, February 1) :

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Assignment #3 (REVISED: Due Friday, Feb. 11) :

Questions 3.3, 3.17 and Programing question 3 from the textbook.
Compute the kinematic equations for example 3.3 in the textbook.
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Assignment #4 (Due Friday, Feb. 18) :

Questions 3.29, 4.4, 4.11;
Write a Matlab program which computes the forward kinematics of the Labvolt 5250 for given angles theta1 to theta5 (i.e. Question 2.4.1 in lab #2).
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Assignment #5 (Due Wednesday, March 16) :

Questions 4.9, 4.16 and 5.2 from the textbook.
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Assignment #6 (Due Wednesday, March 23) :

Questions 5.11, 5.16, 5.18 and 5.29 from the textbook.
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Assignment #7 (Due Thursday, March 31):

Questions 5.27, 5.30 and 6.8 from the textbook.
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Assignment #8 (Due Thursday, April 7):

Questions 9.1, 9.5, 9.21, 10.2 and 10.5 from the textbook.
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Course Lecture Notes

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Textbook

1. Required

Title : Introduction to Robotics, 4th Edition
Author : John Craig
Publisher : Pearson Education
Year : 2018, 4th Edition

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Course Assessment

Assignments : 5%
Labs : 15%
Mid-term : 25% Thursday, March 3
Final : 55%

NOTE: Failure to complete all laboratory requirements will result in an N grade for the course.

The final grade obtained from the above marking scheme for the purpose of GPA calculation will be based on the percentage-to-grade point conversion table as listed in the current Undergraduate Calendar.

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