Summer Screws 2014: Tentative Program watch for updates!

  • Wednesday, 03 September: Introduction

    • 16:00 Welcome address by M. Lepore, Deputy Mayor of the City of Bologna. Guided tour of the City Hall (Palazzo D'Accursio, Piazza Maggiore 6).
    • 17:30 Registration (Bologna Society of Engineers, Strada Maggiore 13).
    • 18:00 Introductory remarks.
    • 18:30 On the history of screw theory.
    • 19:30 Welcome Reception.

  • Thursday, 04 September: Twists and Wrenches

    (Classroom 4.2, Viale Risorgimento 2)

    • 08:30 Vector spaces, examples. Linear dependence and independence.
    • 10:30 Dual spaces and scalar products. Systems of freedoms and constraints.
    • 12:30 Lunch break.
    • 14:00 Types and classes of screw systems.
    • 17:30 Approximate end time.

  • Friday, 05 September: Type Synthesis

    (Classroom 4.2, Viale Risorgimento 2)

    • 08:30 Constraint analysis. Type synthesis of single loop mechanisms.
    • 10:30 Type synthesis of parallel mechanisms.
    • 12:30 Lunch break.
    • 14:00 The virtual chain approach. Open issues.
    • 17:30 Approximate end time.

  • Saturday, 06 September: Velocity Analysis

    (Classroom 7.8, Via Saragozza 8)

    • 08:30 Geometric and actuated constraints.
    • 10:30 Velocity analysis of parallel mechanisms.
    • 12:30 Lunch break.
    • 14:00 Input-output equations of closed loop mechanisms.
    • 17:30 Approximate end time.

  • Sunday, 07 September: Excursion

    • 09:45 Visit of the Archiginnasio palace and other historical/cultural sites in downtown Bologna.
    • 13:30 Lunch in a typical trattoria on the hills between Bologna and Modena.
    • 16:30 Visit of the Museum of Industrial Heritage.
    • 19:30 Approximate end time.

  • Monday, 08 September: Elasticity

    (Classroom 5.6, Viale Risorgimento 2)

    • 08:30 Generalized coordinates and generalized forces.
    • 10:30 Elasticity modeling with twists and wrenches.
    • 12:30 Lunch break.
    • 14:00 Stiffness decomposition.
    • 17:30 Approximate end time.

  • Tuesday, 09 September: Dynamics

    (Classroom 5.6, Viale Risorgimento 2)

    • 08:30 Differentiation, acceleration. Momentum and inertia.
    • 10:30 Equation of motion of a rigid body.
    • 12:30 Lunch break.
    • 14:00 Dynamic models of serial robots. Inverse and forward dynamics of a kinematic tree.
    • 17:30 Approximate end time.

  • Wednesday, 10 September: The Special Euclidian Group

    (Classroom 5.6, Viale Risorgimento 2)

    • 08:30 Lie groups.
    • 10:30 Lie algebras.
    • 12:30 Lunch break.
    • 14:00 Rigid body motions.
    • 17:30 Approximate end time.
    • 19:30 Farewell Party (Le Stanze, Via del Borgo di San Pietro, 1)

  • Thursday, 11 September: Closing

    (Classroom 5.6, Viale Risorgimento 2)

    • 08:30 Exam.
    • 10:30 Invited Lecture: Persistent Screw Systems.
    • 12:30 Panel discussion, Q&A.