Courses / Module

On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:

• Discuss the history of industrial robots, robots in popular culture and the anatomy and features of a typical robot.
• Evaluate mobility of a simple machine using number synthesis, joints and pairs.
• Describe the motion of articulated robots.
• Identify suitable actuators and controllers for a specific task.
• Understand control strategies.
• Describe the approaches and techniques to describe mobile robot motion, localisation, mapping and path planning.
• Have an appreciation of the software used to control and model robotic systems.

Delivery methods	Hours
Lectures	24
Labs / Practicals	0
Tutorials	0
Planned learning activities	0
Independent student activities	101
Total	125

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded
• Continuous Assessment detail(s): Continuous Assessment up to 25%.

Assessment type	Options	Weighting	Duration
Continuous Assessment		25%
University scheduled written examination	On-campus	75%	120 minutes
Other		0%
Total		100%	120 minutes

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No

• Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes
• University scheduled written examination (Autumn): 120 minutes, On-campus

Introduction to Robotics: Analysis, Control, Applications, Saeed B. Niku. Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots, Roland Siegwart. Programming Robots with ROS, Brian Gerkey, William Smart, Morgan Quigley.

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