Complete lecture notes for 3rd year Automotive Engineering module named Automation & Robotics. Content: 1. Appraise economic and social impact of automation, now and future 2. What is fixed & flexible automation? 3. When is automation viable? 4. To implement robot safety 5. To program a robot using kinematic simulation 6. The different mechanical configurations of a robot. 7. The causes of errors in robots. 8. Select appropriate sensors for a given application. 9. Program a machine vision camer...