Electrical Engineering 125

Title	Introduction to Robotics
Units	4
Prerequisites	120 or equivalent, consent of instructor.
Description	An introduction to the kinematics, dynamics, and control of robot manipulators, robotic vision, sensing, and the programming of robots. The course will cover forward, inverse kinematics of serial chain manipulators. The manipulator Jacobian, force relations, dynamics and control-position, and force control. Trajectory generation, collision avoidance, automatic planning of fine and gross motion strategies, robot programming languages. Proximity, tactile, and force sensing. Network modeling, stability, and fidelity in teleoperation. Biological analogies and medical applications of robotics. Also listed as Bioengineering C125.
Exam Files	Available

Sections Instructor Teaching Effectiveness How worthwhile was this course?

Fall 2007 Section 1 Duindam 6.7 / 7 ± 0.5
6.8 / 7 ± 0.4

Fall 2007 Section 2 Bajcsy 4.5 / 7 ± 0.8
6.5 / 7 ± 0.8

Fall 2005 Tendrick 4.9 / 7 ± 0.8
4.9 / 7 ± 0.9

Fall 2004 Tendick 5.4 / 7 ± 0.5
5.3 / 7 ± 0.6

Fall 2003 Tendick 5.7 / 7 ± 0.5
5.7 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 2002 Tendick 5.8 / 7 ± 0.4
6.1 / 7 ± 0.7

Fall 2001 Tendick 5.1 / 7 ± 0.6
5.3 / 7 ± 0.7

Spring 2001 Cavusoglu (1/2) 5.0 / 7 ± 0.6
5.3 / 7 ± 0.6

Spring 2001 Tendick (2/2) 5.9 / 7 ± 0.5
5.6 / 7 ± 0.7

Fall 1999 Tendick 4.5 / 7 ± 0.7
4.8 / 7 ± 0.9

Fall 1998 Tendick 4.7 / 7 ± 0.5
4.9 / 7 ± 0.4

Fall 1997 Tendick 5.5 / 7 ± 0.5
5.4 / 7 ± 1.0

Spring 1997 Tendick 5.2 / 7 ± 0.6
5.2 / 7 ± 0.8

Spring 1996 Taylor 6.3 / 7 ± 1.5
3.7 / 7 ± 7.2

Fall 1995 Tendick 5.0 / 7 ± 0.9
5.4 / 7 ± 0.9

Fall 1994 Taylor 6.7 / 7 ± 0.5
6.7 / 7 ± 0.5

Fall 1993 S. Shankar Sastry 6.5 / 7 ± 0.3
5.8 / 7 ± 0.6

Fall 1992 Berkmeier 3.7 / 7 ± 0.8
5.1 / 7 ± 0.9

Fall 1991 Deno 5.5 / 7 ± 0.6
5.5 / 7 ± 0.8

Fall 1989 Canny (1/2) 6.0 / 7 ± 1.3
6.0 / 7 ± 1.3

Fall 1989 S. Shankar Sastry (2/2) 6.0 / 7 ± 1.3
6.0 / 7 ± 1.3

Overall Rating Teaching Effectiveness How worthwhile was this course?

Electrical Engineering 125 5.4 / 7 ± 0.0
5.6 / 7 ± 0.0

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