U4314220@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (12/02/89)
Short Course on Robotics and Intelligent control for Engineers, Research Scientists, and Academics December 13-15, 1989 Section I: Course Content The participants will be exposed to recent and up to date advances in the areas of Robotics, Intelligent Control, Neural Networks, and Expert Systems. Theory and applications are both discussed in some detail. The discussions will be supported by advanced CAD software packages in these areas. Practical real life examples are given and personal experiences are discussed. Audio-visual demonstrations are presented in support of lecture material. Although the main emphasis will be on robot and intelligent control, topics such as fault toler- ant computing, parallel processing, and utilisation of parallel computing in control of large-scale systems will also be discussed. The following list covers the topics to be discussed: - History of robotics - Kinematics ( forward and reverse ) - Computer-aided kinematics - Dynamics-Lagrange-Euler equation - Control of single-link robots -PD - Control of multi-link robots - computer torque technique - Multivariable pole-placement control of robots - Force and hybrid control of robots - Multi-layer perceptrons and back propagation - A neurocontroller for robot manipulators - Introduction to the rule-based expert system - A learning controller for robot manipulators - A connection network learning controller for a robot gripper - Practical implications of controlling large interconnected systems - Decomposition and decentralisation of the control task of large systems Section II Visiting Professor Professor Jamshidi is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computing Engineering and director of CAD laboratory for systems and robotics.His research interests lie in Robot Control, Neural Networks, Expert Systems, and Control of Large-Scale Systems. He is a fellow of the I.E.E.E. and editor and associate editor of 14 professional societies and technical journals. He is also a member of six honour societies and recipient of five I.E.E.E. awards. Professor Jamshidi has over 195 technical publications including eight textbooks and three edited books. Two of his books have been translated into foreign languages. The following distinguished scholars will also present lectures during the three day course: Professor T. Caelli ( University of Melbourne ) Professor R. Jarvis ( University of Monash ) Professor M. Good ( University of Melbourne ) A/Professor K. Forward ( University of Melbourne ) Section III Fees AUD$750 per person AUD$600 per person ( for more than three registrants from the same organisation ) AUD$100 per person ( for research students accompanied by their supervisors ) The above fees include lunches, morning and afternoon teas, together with lecture notes and published material. Section IV Application Forms Available from the course convenor: Dr. M. Aldeen Dep't of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The University of Melbourne Parkville VIC 3052 Australia Tel: + 61-3-344 7298 Fax: + 61-3-344 6678 -- Good health is merely the slowest rate at which one can die.