ROBO 604 Robotic Systems
This is a practical learn by doing course where the students will design, construct and test their own Robotic system (e.g. UAV or UGV or mobile manipulator or manipulator), to achieve task specifications, with robustness and cost?effectiveness, in the presence of uncertainty. The students will work in small teams and will be supervised by a team of faculty. This course is a comprehensive hands?on introduction to the hardware and algorithms needed to make a robot function reliably and effectively. The key topics of this course include the design, construction and implementation, system integration, testing, evaluation and validation of the overall systems and sub?systems including: platform hardware, actuator system, sensing system, control system, navigation system and operator interface. The main focus of the course will be about applying autonomy to real?world systems, to cope with uncertainties present when robot systems operate in the field (external forces, unknown parameters, sensor noise, mechanical errors etc).
Prerequisite
ROBO601, ROBO602