# ECE/ME 441: Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control of Robotic Manipulators | UW–Madison

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Robotics analysis and design, focusing on the analytical fundamentals specific to robotic manipulators.  Serial chain robotic manipulator forward and inverse kinematics, differential kinematics, dynamics, trajectory generation, and controls. Builds on knowledge of high-level computational programming language such as Matlab.

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* Trajectory generation and controls

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```

### statistics

#### gpa

3.174

#### graded

193

#### counts

* 79
* 26
* 35
* 19
* 21
* 11
* 2

### grade conflicts

None recorded.

### evidence

#### history

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course\_fb0220247ab89d2d0c1d21e4-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course_fb0220247ab89d2d0c1d21e4-0.json)

#### traces

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course\_fb0220247ab89d2d0c1d21e4-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course_fb0220247ab89d2d0c1d21e4-0.json)

#### results

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course\_fb0220247ab89d2d0c1d21e4-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course_fb0220247ab89d2d0c1d21e4-0.json)

### revision

e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349

## context

### all

#### term



#### gpa

3.173575129533679

#### count

193

#### university

##### size

3813

##### gpa Percentile

10

##### count Percentile

63

##### median Count

124

##### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
| 1.2–1.6 | 0     | false   |
| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
| 2.0–2.4 | 0     | false   |
| 2.4–2.8 | 29    | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 393   | true    |
| 3.2–3.6 | 1191  | false   |
| 3.6–4.0 | 2200  | false   |

#### departments

```json
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]
```

### terms

#### 1094

##### term

1094

##### gpa

2.7857142857142856

##### count

7

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| ME      |            |

#### 1114

##### term

1114

##### gpa

2.5416666666666665

##### count

12

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| ME      |            |

#### 1124

##### term

1124

##### gpa

2.5476190476190474

##### count

21

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| ME      |            |

#### 1134

##### term

1134

##### gpa

2.911764705882353

##### count

17

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| ME      |            |

#### 1144

##### term

1144

##### gpa

2.75

##### count

24

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| ME      |            |

#### 1154

##### term

1154

##### gpa

2.75

##### count

16

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| ME      |            |

#### 1164

##### term

1164

##### gpa

2.433333333333333

##### count

15

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| ME      |            |

#### 1254

##### term

1254

##### gpa

3.925925925925926

##### count

54

##### university

###### size

1289

###### gpa Percentile

85

###### count Percentile

40

###### median Count

66

###### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
| 1.2–1.6 | 0     | false   |
| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
| 2.0–2.4 | 0     | false   |
| 2.4–2.8 | 17    | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 128   | false   |
| 3.2–3.6 | 379   | false   |
| 3.6–4.0 | 765   | true    |

##### departments

```json
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]
```

#### 1264

##### term

1264

##### gpa

3.740740740740741

##### count

27

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| ME      |            |

### benchmarks

#### all

##### school

###### size

3813

###### gpa

3.6157306282502484

###### top Share

79.09107029132343

###### count

124

##### ECE

###### size

108

###### gpa

3.5308580178487676

###### top Share

74.1196571658304

###### count

143

##### ME

###### size

65

###### gpa

3.5473677092652323

###### top Share

74.55818475007041

###### count

167

#### terms

##### 1074

###### school

###### size

695

###### gpa

3.3616924722887376

###### top Share

63.22509110105764

###### count

69

###### ECE

###### size

20

###### gpa

3.110370466319829

###### top Share

50.72606982804236

###### count

46

###### ME

###### size

16

###### gpa

3.3145257855848764

###### top Share

60.56238862874501

###### count

88

##### 1084

###### school

###### size

720

###### gpa

3.3670742938849725

###### top Share

63.42064564712246

###### count

70

###### ECE

###### size

16

###### gpa

3.0875185917763455

###### top Share

46.018020594418786

###### count

47.5

###### ME

###### size

19

###### gpa

3.3467279257469214

###### top Share

62.869017927773804

###### count

71

##### 1092

###### school

###### size

732

###### gpa

3.374660709520374

###### top Share

63.690339324346596

###### count

70

###### ECE

###### size

18

###### gpa

3.260010533524362

###### top Share

55.57892737058536

###### count

46.5

###### ME

###### size

17

###### gpa

3.2438208716751173

###### top Share

55.650195662733246

###### count

76

##### 1094

###### school

###### size

758

###### gpa

3.3891454428111527

###### top Share

64.36369814389255

###### count

71

###### ECE

###### size

18

###### gpa

3.1709531378777993

###### top Share

48.482368483424565

###### count

52

###### ME

###### size

19

###### gpa

3.300206926769953

###### top Share

57.291267321613304

###### count

81

##### 1104

###### school

###### size

793

###### gpa

3.384661458923085

###### top Share

64.6614752434143

###### count

66

###### ECE

###### size

18

###### gpa

3.0763591673236226

###### top Share

47.17040644572389

###### count

55.5

###### ME

###### size

19

###### gpa

3.26616044613599

###### top Share

56.79103300307398

###### count

76

##### 1114

###### school

###### size

804

###### gpa

3.3696004653806844

###### top Share

64.0389334741844

###### count

68

###### ECE

###### size

22

###### gpa

3.144458106909116

###### top Share

49.77358787545943

###### count

49

###### ME

###### size

19

###### gpa

3.2194204844463745

###### top Share

53.33027979920354

###### count

88

##### 1124

###### school

###### size

821

###### gpa

3.406589342026613

###### top Share

66.35774230127205

###### count

67

###### ECE

###### size

22

###### gpa

3.2619273221601444

###### top Share

56.5536768995059

###### count

60.5

###### ME

###### size

17

###### gpa

3.1756785264956235

###### top Share

48.983764154886465

###### count

79

##### 1134

###### school

###### size

852

###### gpa

3.4138934207568203

###### top Share

66.35946578182744

###### count

66

###### ECE

###### size

26

###### gpa

3.3422063178165016

###### top Share

62.38776016208119

###### count

69

###### ME

###### size

19

###### gpa

3.3179505823717044

###### top Share

58.24056457780153

###### count

82

##### 1144

###### school

###### size

878

###### gpa

3.4092443327803017

###### top Share

65.95978235963416

###### count

64

###### ECE

###### size

29

###### gpa

3.3963570521991486

###### top Share

65.23099367558979

###### count

59

###### ME

###### size

19

###### gpa

3.2360192544570516

###### top Share

54.25699760318183

###### count

102

##### 1154

###### school

###### size

935

###### gpa

3.4282378385810093

###### top Share

67.66674668721691

###### count

63

###### ECE

###### size

31

###### gpa

3.3403984750469933

###### top Share

63.036290719914646

###### count

63

###### ME

###### size

22

###### gpa

3.2267752869123982

###### top Share

53.24290112398058

###### count

82

##### 1164

###### school

###### size

965

###### gpa

3.46491230798535

###### top Share

69.92376287143657

###### count

68

###### ECE

###### size

32

###### gpa

3.3387002225789923

###### top Share

63.627072447149246

###### count

83.5

###### ME

###### size

20

###### gpa

3.3362830671058554

###### top Share

61.64619678303988

###### count

88.5

##### 1254

###### school

###### size

1289

###### gpa

3.6126423469389106

###### top Share

79.48050408754871

###### count

66

###### ECE

###### size

40

###### gpa

3.5198762319632855

###### top Share

74.0918065550377

###### count

87.5

###### ME

###### size

28

###### gpa

3.6206917860927894

###### top Share

78.31689014028125

###### count

121.5

##### 1264

###### school

###### size

1283

###### gpa

3.6229729166451925

###### top Share

80.13669149396227

###### count

66

###### ECE

###### size

45

###### gpa

3.5814138447018746

###### top Share

77.53027985486403

###### count

73

###### ME

###### size

25

###### gpa

3.5110862399220912

###### top Share

72.3479757717731

###### count

131

## instructor Trends

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]
```

## following

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