ES4A1 - Advanced Robotics
- Module code: ES4A1
- Module name: Advanced Robotics
- Department: School of Engineering
- Credit: 15
Module content and teaching
Principal aims
Advanced Robotics will explore in great depth areas relevant to not only industrial robotics but service robots (i.e. robots outside a factory environment particularly mobile robots) and the application of this technology to real world environments e.g. driverless vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles and tele-robots. Students will also master robot kinematics and dynamics.
Principal learning outcomes
By the end of the module the student should be able to...
- Solve complex kinematic and dynamic calculation problems applied to serial robots arms.
- Independently program a PLC (programmable logic controller).
- Undertake self-directed research and critically evaluate current and future non-industrial applications of robotic technology.
- Appraise, evaluate and creatively apply mobile robot technology: locomotion, sensors and probabilistic techniques.
- Design and critically evaluate: a safe system in a robot cell; a robot end-effector; fixturing and tools for robot cells.