EG 7164 Assessment (Automation and Robotics Technical Report)

Robotics Technical Report
Submit on 24/4/2025

The technical report is individual.

Design an industrial robot for an application of your choice and evaluate and discuss the obtained performance. The specific application needs to be agreed upon with the module leader. The design choices must be appropriately documented and justified through analysis and analytical investigation.

The report needs to discuss all aspects of the design process, such as performance specifications, analysis, control, actuators, and sensor choices.
In particular the study needs to address:

Kinematics of robot comprising position analysis.
Dynamic analysis and forces.
Trajectory planning.
Motion control systems.
Actuators and driving systems.
Sensors.
Safety in the workforce
Cost analysis.

The performance of the designed manipulator must be analysed and discussed in light of the desired objectives and the effect of possible disturbances, using the appropriate software tools.

All graphs, tables, drawings and equations must be labelled and referred to in the text.

Discuss how performance could be improved by applying a different automation approach proposed in the literature.

The report's scope is to demonstrate your understanding of designing an industrial robot for applicative purposes and your critical capabilities and writing skills.

Grading
The grading of the assignment will follow the evaluation table given below:

Robotics Technical Report

Guidelines

Your technical report should contain graphs, tables, drawings and equations that will clarify the text. You also need to make sure to reference all ideas, equations, figures or quotes that you take from other sources.

You are asked to consider an industrial robot for your chosen application. You are at liberty to consider an automated assembly process of your own choice. This means that over the next week you will investigate applications of manipulators in automated assembly in industry. You will agree with me which type of automated assembly process that you wish to consider. By this time next week, you will have identified an automated assembly process that you will go forward with.

Your goal is to convey the results of your research, analysis, your specification and your recommendations for the design of the industrial manipulator. The usual standard for preparing a technical report like this is as follows: the reader should be able to clearly understand your manipulator design & industrial application, and be able to proceed with building and implementing the manipulator design, without having to ask you any questions.

Report Format

The technical report should be a professional document. Graphs, tables, and drawings should be used to clarify the text. The three main parts of the technical report are shown below in Figure 1:

Figure 1. Three Main Sections of a Final Report

I. FRONT PAGES

The front pages include the Cover Page, Table of Contents, List of Figures, and List of Tables. The page numbers are Roman (e.g., i, ii, iii, etc.) and there are no numbers on the cover page (although it is considered the first page).

Cover Page

The first page of the technical report should be unnumbered and includes:

Design to Specification Report (name of the report)
Title: ( Application oriented design of industrial manipulators)
Student Name and number:
Date:

Each item should be centered and separated by enough space to fill the whole page and give the cover page a good appearance.

Table of Contents

This is a listing of the major sections in the technical report and the page numbers on which they begin. The table of contents does not list itself but includes the page numbers of the pages that appear in the front of the technical report, major sections, and appendixes.

List of Figures

This is a list of all of the figures in your technical report and the page numbers on which they are found. Do not include this section unless you have at least three figures in your report.

List of Tables

This is a list of all of the tables in your technical report and the page numbers on which they are found. Do not include this section unless you have at least three tables in your technical report.

The following is a sample of the front pages (Figure 2):

Figure 2. Sample Front Pages

II. MAJOR SECTIONS

This is the main part of the technical report. The page numbers begin with one and are numbered in Arabic (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.). After the executive summary, each major section should be numbered and titled as shown in Figure 3 below:

Figure 3. Sample Major Sections

Executive Summary:

An executive summary should summarize the key points of the report. It should restate the purpose of the report, highlight the major points of the report, and describe any results, conclusions, or recommendations from the report. It should include enough information so the reader can understand what is discussed in the full report, without having to read it. The reader should be able to make a decision based only on reading the executive summary. All executive summaries should be clear and concise, using a professional tone.

For the major sections of the technical report, use the following organization and
headings:

1.0 Introduction:

This section outlines the parameters of the technical investigation, or in other words, the problem definition. Additionally, it addresses the purpose of the investigation and what you hope to accomplish. After reading this section, the reader should know in broad terms what you were trying to do and your goals. At the end, briefly outline how the technical report is organized (e.g. "In this technical report, the following sections will be discussed).

Figure 4. Multi-view Layout

2.0 Application oriented design of industrial manipulators

This section presents details on the application oriented design of industrial manipulators. Start with an introductory paragraph that describes the manipulator configuration in general. Use a multi-view layout (pictures or drawings), as shown in Figure 1, to illustrate the manipulator shape and size. Use subheadings to describe the main features of the manipulator (for example, 3.1 Articulator, 3.2 Grippers, 3.3 Working envelope, 3.4 etc.).

3.0 Design Specification

This section outlines technical specifications for your manipulator and industrial application. The subheadings should be 3.1 Analysis of the industrial application, 3.2 Manipulator Configuration and 3.3 Description of how the manipulator operates step by step to accomplish the objectives of chosen application and 3.4 Control Systems Specification. You may include flowcharts, arrows and text boxes to further explain the specification.

4.0 Design Process

Explain the process that you went through to come up with the design of the manipulator and why you chose the particular industrial application. Do not repeat the same information in section 2.0.

5.0 Performance Results and Discussion

This section briefly presents the results of your investigation. You can mention that recommendations will follow, but be careful not to make recommendations in this section.

6.0 Conclusion

This section should be a brief, bottom-line summary. It needs to explain how your manipulator met the design criteria and your goals outlined in the introduction (general, no specifics). Do not bring anything new into a conclusion section; instead restate the key points from the body of the technical report.

7.0 Recommendations and Limitations

With the new information you have acquired, how would you change your design if you have to repeat it? Remember to provide justification for each recommendation. Highlight any limitations on your investigation.