(C) CAD/CAM AND ROBOTICS Introduction concept of CAD/CAM Computer System, computer aided Design system, hardware, Computer Aided design system, software transformation systems Geometric modeling, draughting Applications of CAD/CAM techniques to finite element data preparation. -Computer Aided manufacture The APT system CNC DNC system, the use of micro-computers in CAD/CAM system. -Industrial Robotics. -Automated guided vehicles, Process planning Materials management planning Implications of CAD/CAM for industry. Books: 1. Computer Aided Design and Manufacture by C.B. Besant & C.W.K.Lw. 2. Principles of computer-aided Design by Joe Rooney & Philip Steamnan 3. Computer Aided Design and manufacture CAD/CAM by Groover & Jinner