Dec 14, 2025  
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2019-20 
    
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2019-20 [Archived Catalog]

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ME 6040 - Mechanics and Control of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom-Systems


Techniques of analysis and design of multi-degree-of-freedom planar and spatial mechanical systems: kinematic structure, coordinate transformations, inverse solutions, workspace, path selection, dynamics, and control. Kinematically-redundant, mobile, parallel, and humanoid robots.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Ability to use Newton-Euler dynamics recursion analysis.
  • Ability to use velocity analysis, Jacobian matrices, static wrenches, resolved-rate control simulation.
  • Description and manipulation of pose descriptions-homogeneous transformation matrices.
  • Understand Denavit-Hartenberg parameters.
  • Understand forward pose kinematics and inverse pose kinematics.
  • Understand kinematically-redundant robots.
  • Understand mobile robots, humanoid robots, cable-suspended robots and parallel robots.
  • Understand robot control architectures.
  • Understand robot workspace and trajectory generation.



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