CS422

ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION

Credits
5
Year
4
Semester
1
Department
COMPUTER SCIENCE

Overview

This module provides an introduction to Robotics. The main focus is on building basic mathematical methods for describing and controlling the motion of robotic systems.Integrated product design; Sensors; Use of software observers. Vision Systems: Image processing techniques; Perspective Transformations; Robotics; Basic Configurations; Statistical methods, Robot Navigation and Locomotions; Statistical robotics used for mapping and location estimation.

Learning Outcomes

  • Discuss real robots and robots in popular culture and society. Discuss the ethical issues this presents
  • Describe the anatomy and features of a typical robot and 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