PC, selection of motors, actuators and gears, Shape memory alloy
Gears and pulleys
Library resources (over 150 books on robotics, several robotics journals accessible online, full IEEExplore access to academic papers and various magazines).

Study of CE00443-1 Basic Animatronics or equivalent.

Bergren, Charles M, 2003, Anatomy of a robot, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0071416579
Crowder, Richard M, 1995, Electric drives and their controls, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198593716

Gears:- ratios, types (worm, pulley, belt, chain)
Motors:-AC servos, stepper motors
Torque calculations
Novel actuators:-Shape memory alloy etc.
Large motor power control, pneumatics
Writing a computer program for motor control with feedback
Speed and acceleration control of an actuator

Lectures - 24 hours
Tutorials - 12 hours
The study of mechanics such as gears and pulleys used to reduce or increase motor speed and torque. Novel arrangements of gear mechanisms resulting in realistic movement will be studied.

Assignment
An in-course written assignment of 3000 words, will include the design of a large animatronic system. This will cover learning outcomes 1-4.