🤖⚙️ Robotics – Course Outline

🟢 Module 1: Introduction to Robotics

• 🤖 What is a robot? Types of robots (Industrial, Service, Humanoid, Autonomous, Swarm)
  
  

• 🛠️ Real-world applications (manufacturing, healthcare, defense, space, agriculture)
  
  

• 🧩 Basics of robotics system (mechanical + electronics + software)
  
  

• 🌐 Robotics ecosystem overview

🟠 Module 2: Mechanical Basics for Robotics

• ⚙️ Simple mechanisms (gears, pulleys, levers, linkages)
  
  

• 🚗 Wheels vs Tracks vs Legs
  
  

• 🎛️ Actuators (DC motors, Stepper motors, Servo motors)
  
  

• 🛡️ Chassis design & material selection

🔵 Module 3: Electronics in Robotics

• 🔌 Power systems (batteries, regulators, BMS)
  
  

• 💡 Sensors (IR, Ultrasonic, LDR, Gyroscope, Accelerometer, IMU)
  
  

• 🔋 Motor drivers (L293D, L298N, MOSFET-based drivers)
  
  

• ⚡ Safety circuits (fuses, current protection)

🟣 Module 4: Embedded Systems for Robotics

• 🖥️ Microcontrollers (Arduino, ESP32, STM32, Raspberry Pi)
  
  

• 📲 Interfacing motors & sensors
  
  

• ⏱️ Interrupts & real-time control
  
  

• 🌐 Communication (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, LoRa)

🟡 Module 5: Robot Control Systems

• 🕹️ Manual control (wired + wireless)
  
  

• 🔄 Autonomous control basics
  
  

• 🧭 Navigation using sensors (line follower, wall follower, maze solver)
  
  

• 📡 Remote monitoring & IoT integration

🔴 Module 6: Kinematics & Motion

• 📐 Forward and inverse kinematics (basic level)
  
  

• 🔄 Differential drive robots
  
  

• 🤖 Robotic arm basics (2-DOF, 4-DOF, 6-DOF)
  
  

• 🏎️ Path planning algorithms (basic intro)

🟢 Module 7: Programming for Robotics

• 💻 Arduino IDE & Python basics
  
  

• 🔗 Control algorithms (PID controller, obstacle avoidance)
  
  

• 🧮 Logic building for decision making
  
  

• 🎯 Simulation tools (Tinkercad, Gazebo, V-REP basics)

🟠 Module 8: Computer Vision & AI

• 📸 Camera interfacing (USB/Webcam, Pi Camera)
  
  

• 👁️ Object detection basics (OpenCV, TensorFlow Lite)
  
  

• 🚦 Color, shape & face detection
  
  

• 🧠 AI in robotics (intro to ML-based decision making)

🔵 Module 9: Robotics Projects

• 💡 Line follower robot
  
  

• 🚗 Obstacle-avoiding car
  
  

• 📦 Pick & place robotic arm
  
  

• 🌐 IoT-based robot (mobile app controlled)
  
  

• 🤖 Mini humanoid / biped robot (advanced)

🟣 Module 10: Industry Applications & Careers

• 🏭 Industrial automation & manufacturing robots
  
  

• 🚜 Agricultural robots
  
  

• 🏥 Medical & surgical robots
  
  

• 🚀 Space exploration robots (Mars Rover, Drones)
  
  

• 👨‍💻 Career opportunities in robotics (Robotics Engineer, AI & Automation Expert, Drone Developer)