This unit includes gyroscopes and some three-dimensional dynamics; gyrocompass, rate gyroscopes, gyroscopic crushers, stabilisation of ships; mechanics of mechanisms; geometry; kinematics (two-dimensional), velocity and acceleration analysis; Jacobian synthesis of planar mechanisms for various applications; four-bar mechanism; special mechanisms; Geneva mechanism, steering mechanism, straight-line mechanisms, load-supporting linkages, cranes, cams etc.; introduction to industrial robot control; and trajectories, linear control. -- Course Website
Instructor: Winthrop Professor Karol Miller
