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M E 439: Introduction to Robotics

  • Catalog Description:
    A system engineering approach to robotic science and technology. Fundamentals of manipulators, sensors, actuators, end effectors and product design for automation. Kinematics, control, and programming of manipulators, along with introduction to pattern recognition and computer vision.
  • Credits: 3
  • Prerequisites or Corequisites: ME 340 or ECE 332 or equiv & familiarity with a high level programming language such as Pascal, C, or Matlab
  • Official Course Description (pdf)