Abstract
An introductory robotics course is well suited as a vehicle to review and integrate the several facets of an electronics education. This chapter presents the fundamentals of robotics and discusses the robot as system. Few applications better illustrate the role of the microprocessor as ringmaster at the center of a system incorporating diverse analog and digital sub-systems. The chapter discusses the analog signal processing, A/D conversion, interfacing, and real-time programming. The 21-month program that leads to the AEET Degree is a conventional sequence in electronics. The program begins with DC circuit theory and continues through AC circuit theory, solid-stated devices and circuits, operational amplifiers, and digital basics, and then, micro-processors are also introduced during the course of the program. The program ends with a second microprocessor course and an introductory robotics course. The principle objective of the robotics course is to provide a thorough review of the electronics theory.
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