THE BASICS OF ROBOTICS

SHAKHATREH, FAREED
Mechatronics thesis
Lahti University of Applied Sciences
Machine- and production technology

The basics of robotics are one of the rare subjects to be handled as a whole
in a due to the extreme diversity of scientific technologies it incorporates. It uses
quite many fields of technology, for example; mechanical engineering, electrical
engineering, computer sciences, electronics, sensors, actuators and artificial
intelligent. It is a multidimensional area which takes advantage of all engineering
studies that exist in our life besides a hard mathematical module application
which is required to be applied. One of the biggest challenges of writing this
thesis was to uncover enough material that involves robotic design.
To understand the mechanical design of a robot we need to study matrix, vectors,
derivate, integral and basic physics, servo motor selection and design in addition
to choose the gears and linking methods. Hydraulics and pneumatics are quite
important in this field and to know how we can create communication between
sensors and actuators through a programmable logic system, finally programming
is the method of communication.
The aim of my thesis is to pick out the most important subjects that handle robot
design. I tried to be brief and direct to the subject and tried to summarize the most
important aspect in this field that was quite a big challenge in my thesis because
of huge amount of different technologies that are handled.
Any student who will read my thesis will find it an orientation towards
understanding robot design and pointing out the most important tips on this field,
since it is brief and short and goes straight to the point.