EE
5325/4315- Robotics
EE
5325/4315 ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY
Revised: Monday, August 26, 2002
This is a UTA Web-Based Course. The internet URL are http://arri.uta.edu/acs/, and http://arri.uta.edu/acs/jmireles/
Related webpages:
Systems, Controls, and Manufacturing Thrust Area
Prerequisite: EE 4314, Control Systems, or instructor consent.
Class hours: MW 4-5:20pm, room 109 NH.
Instructor: José Mireles Jr., PhD,
tel: 272-5955,
office: ARRI room 222
email: jmireles@arri.uta.edu
Office hours: M, W 8:30-14:00
T, Th, F 8:30-18:00.
Texts:
1)
F.L. Lewis et al., “Control of
Robot Manipulators”, MacMillan 1993.
Sections of this book will be placed on the web. (copyright held by F.L. Lewis)
2) Saeed B. Niku, “Introduction to Robotics, Analysis, Systems, Applications”, Prentice Hall 2001.
3) Wolfram Stadler, “Analytical Robotics and Mechatronics”, Mc Graw Hill 1995.
4) M.W. Spong and M. Vidyasagar, “Robot Dynamics and Control”, Wiley, 1989.
5) K.S. Fu, R.C. Gonzalez, C.S.G. Lee, “Robotics: Control, Sensing, Vision and Intelligence”, Mc Graw Hill 1987.
6) Student Edition of Matlab, ver. 5.0.
7) Extra literature from instructor will be provided during semester on WEB page http://arri.uta.edu/acs/jmireles/.
Grading:
UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE
Homeworks-- 25% 30% (Only one day delayed = 90%.
Special cases 80%)
Exam I 20% 20% (formulary 1 sheet both sides, provided) approx. Wednesday 2 Oct.
Exam II 20% 20% (formulary 2 sheets both sides, provided) approx. Wednesday 13 Nov.
Laboratory 15% 10% (assignment with CRS robot at ARRI) Middle week of
October
Final Exam-- 20% 20% (formulary 3 sheets both sides, provided)
Attendance is not mandatory. However, if you skip classes, you will find the homework and exams more difficult. Assignments are going to be posted on instructor’s WEB page (http://arri.uta.edu/acs/jmireles/). Due to the pace of the lectures, copying someone else's notes may be an unreliable way of making up an absence. You are responsible for all material covered in class regardless of absences.
Homework will be collected and graded.
Check the grading of the exam thoroughly. You will have one week after the exam to see me for regrading. After this period, the grade is final.
Questions during class are strongly encouraged. The worst thing I can do is move too slowly and bore you. The next worst thing I can do is move too quickly and confuse you. If either of these occurs, it is your responsibility to speak up. You are paying for an education, and if the material is not presented clearly with confusion being eliminated shortly after it sets in you are not getting what you contracted for. On the other hand, if I never confuse you I am being unduly conservative and hence not conscientious. There is a very fine balance here, with you as student and me as instructor each having very definite responsibilities for keeping open all channels of communication. It is extremely difficult to teach a course without some sort of real-time feedback.
Student Evaluation of Teaching
Students will be asked to complete instructor/course evaluation forms at the end of the semester.
Americans with Disabilities Act:
If you require an accommodation based on
disability, I would like to meet with you in the privacy of my office, during
the first week of the semester, to make sure you are properly accommodated.
The University of Texas at Arlington is on record as being committed to both the spirit and letter of federal equal opportunity legislation; reference Public Law 93112—The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. With the passage of new federal legislation entitled Americans with Disabilities Act – (ADA), pursuant to section 504 of The Rehabilitation Act, there is renewed focus on providing this population with the same opportunities enjoyed by all citizens.
As a faculty member, I am required by law to provide "reasonable
accommodation" to students with disabilities, so as not to
discriminate on the basis of that disability. Student responsibility primarily
rests with informing faculty at the beginning of the semester and in
providing authorized documentation through designated administrative channels.
Academic Honesty in the
College of Engineering (COE)
Charge to the committee: prepare material for presentation at (or before) the first fall faculty meeting in each department relating to academic honesty in the COE. COE Committee: Seiichi Nomura (MAE), Kai Yeung (EE), Ramez Elmasri (CSE), Jim Williams (CE), Lynn Peterson (Dean’s Office)
1) Austin Lane,
UTA’s Director of Student Judicial Affairs, has developed a statement of what
we are trying to accomplish:
Academic Integrity Policy: It
is the policy of the University of Texas at Arlington to uphold and support
standards of personal honesty and integrity for all students consistent with
the goals of a community of scholars and students seeking knowledge and truth. Furthermore, it is the policy of the
University to enforce these standards through fair and objective procedures
governing instances of alleged dishonesty, cheating, and other
academic/non-academic misconduct.
You can
assume responsibility in two ways.
First, if you choose to take the risk associated with scholastic
dishonesty and any other violation of the Code of Student Conduct and
Discipline, you must assume responsibility for your behaviors and accept the
consequences. In an academic community,
the standards for integrity are high.
Second, if you are aware of scholastic dishonesty and any other conduct
violations on the part of others, you have the responsibility to report it to
the professor or the assistant dean of students/director of student judicial
affairs. The decision to do so is
another moral dilemma to be faced as you define who you are. Students who
violate University rules on scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary
penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and dismissal
from the University. Since dishonesty
harms the individual, all students, and the integrity of the University,
policies on scholastic dishonesty will be strictly enforced.
2)
The University has
developed a statement to this effect which is required to be in every
syllabus. A general statement (which
you can modify) is:
Policy on cheating --- students who violate University rules on
scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the
possibility of failure in the course and dismissal from the University. Since dishonesty harms the individual, all
students, and the integrity of the University, policies on scholastic
dishonesty will be strictly enforced.
Such a statement is
automatically inserted into all syllabi posted on the UTA web site, as you are
required to do by the Provost’s Office.
But for syllabi handed out in class, we must make sure that a similar
statement is included.
3)
College resource: one-page Statement of Ethics (on the faculty
website, a link from www.uta.edu/engineering/)
was developed in the college about 5 years ago, and has been used in a number
of classes. Students are asked to
read, sign and turn it in to the instructor, and can be given a copy to keep
for reference. Every COE faculty
member is expected to use this document.
Notes can be added to relate the general statements to a specific class
(and this is encouraged).
4)
Best UTA resource for
all of this: http://www2.uta.edu/discipline/ There is information for students (scope,
discipline process, etc. … you can refer students to this) and for faculty
(tips on promoting integrity, process for handing cases of suspected
dishonesty, forms for reporting).
5) Important:
All faculty should note that NO action
should be taken in a case of suspected academic dishonesty without filing one
of 2 forms (student admits dishonesty / student does not admit dishonesty) with
the University or the faculty member could be legally liable. That does not mean “take no action”; it does
mean you must observe due process (i.e., file the forms).
The following is an excerpt from the College of Engineering's statement on Ethics, Professionalism, and Conduct of Engineering Students. Read the statement carefully, sign it, and return it to your instructor. You are being provided with a copy for your records. Additional copies of this statement can be obtained from your instructor or the Office of the Dean of Engineering.
STATEMENT ON ETHICS, PROFESSIONALISM, AND
CONDUCT OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON
The College
cannot and will not tolerate any form of academic dishonesty by its
students. This includes, but is not
limited to 1) cheating on examination, 2) plagiarism, or 3) collusion.
Definitions:
A. Cheating on an examination includes:
1. Copying
from another's paper, any means of communication with another during
examination, giving aid to or receiving aid from another during examination;
2. Using any material during examination that is unauthorized by the proctor;
3. Taking or attempting to take an examination for another student or allowing another student to take or attempt to take an examination for oneself.
4. Using, obtaining, or attempting to obtain by any means the whole or any part of an unadministered examination.
B. Plagiarism is the unacknowledged incorporation of another's work into work which the student offers for credit.
C. Collusion is the unauthorized collaboration of another in preparing work that a student offers for credit.
I have read
and I understand the above statement.
Student's signature: ___________________________________________________
Student's name, printed: ___________________________________________________
Students' ID number: ___________________________________________________