Credits: 3 (2-0-2)
Prerequisites: For UG:AML140, MCL111, MCL211
Description
Fundamental concepts in precision design; design for stiffness; controlling Degrees-of-Freedom, exact-constrained design; design of elastic mechanisms/flexures/compliant mechanisms; friction, hysteresis and micro-slip; actuators and sensors for precision motion; materials selection in precision machine design; slideways for long range precision motion; and dynamics of precision mechanisms.