Robotics Course  
Fall 2020 (UIC ME 410)
  1. Lecture notes (zip files) + MATLAB scripts (zip files) and Video lectures to accompany the lectures are in this playlist
  2. CoppeliaSim (zip files) and YouTube playlist
  3. Projects: pong game in MATLAB, pumping a swing, maze soler, and pick and place in CoppeliaSim (writeup and other files)

Spring 2019 (UTSA ME 5493)
  1. Lecture notes (zip file) + MATLAB scripts (zip file) and Video lectures to accompany the lectures are in this playlist
  2. Project 1 on creating a single player pong game is on GitHub.
  3. Project 2 on LEGO-based robotics challenge with instructions is on GitHub.

Fall 2017 (UTSA ME 5493)
  1. Simulation Of A Three-link, Six-muscle Musculo-skeletal Arm Activated By Hill Muscle Model by Nafiesh Ebrahimi (code)
  2. Control System Development and Implementation of a Novel High Impedance Variable Stiffness Actuator by Christian Wahrmund (code)
  3. Domain Randomization For Classifying Images by Ezra Ameperosa 
  4. Uselesser Machine by Edward Young, Hugo Vasquez, and Melvin Ayuso (YouTube link)
  5. 3d Printed Prosthetic Finger: Design, Model And Simulation by Heber Martinez and Krutika Kanphade (ppt)
  6. Animation of a Short Story Using MATLAB by Md Monimul Haque (avi) (code)
  7. Motion Capture and Humanoids by Andrew Waterreus

Fall 2016 (UTSA ME 4773/5493)

Sample MATLAB HW
       - Animated Face, HW YouTube link
       - Manipulator Curves, HW YouTube link

Finals Question - Draw what robot you would like to build (pdf) About 6 MBs)

Student projects (click title to get project report)

Hardware Project
  1. The Useless Machine, Matthew Weyandt (YouTube video)
  2. The Useless Shipping Box, Jacob Hiller and Royce Peters
  3. Vibration based robots: climbing and running robots by Thamer Al Ahmadi, Nafel Alotaibi, Abdulaziz Alshamardl (Running YouTube video) (Climbing YouTube video)
  4. Proto pedal, John McAngus
  5. Variable position and force control of a pneumatic actuation system, Jeremy Krause. (Appendix) (Position Control, YouTube Video) (Force Control, YouTube Video)
Software Projects
  1. Playing flappy bird using a model predictive control, Matthew Piper
  2. Parallel Parking of a differential drive car, Mario Chapa (YouTube video)
  3. Determining accuracy of an abb irb1600 manipulator and forming common reference frame with a faro arm, Geoffrey Chiou
  4. Curve fitting for UTSA Mascot Rowdy, Ryan Kinsey and Jose Perez (ppt) (zipped MATLAB files)
  5. Polarizing Rowdy, Bradley Hammond (zipped MATLAB files)
  6. Quarter scale robotics positioning system, Andres Favela
  7. Simulation of a Jumping Two Link System With End Mass, Christian Wahrmund
  8. Validation and testing of IROS Robot reachability package, Ahmed Abdelmawgoud
  9. Training a Robotic manipulator, Jonathan Sackett (YouTube video)
  10. Versatile and Energy Efficient Walking for the Simplest Biped, Ali Zamani
  11. Adaptive Control of a 2 degree of freedom Manipulator lifting a mass, Robert Brothers
Project presentation photos (link)