• Formal exam (45%) and laboratory work (55%)

• Blackboard
• Unconfirmed practical marks when available
• Exam Papers, past 2 years (where applicable)

This unit aims to:

• Provide an understanding of the principles and practices underlying contemporary robotics;
• Provide practical experience of implementing and evaluating such principles and practices in a collaborative laboratory environment.

By the end of the unit, a candidate will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and practices underlying contemporary robotics;
• Apply such principles and practices in a real-world robotics task using ROS.
• Demonstrate the application of certain principles of robotics in an advanced challenge problem. 

• Robot Programming, ROS
• Sensing, Actuation & Control
• Autonomous Systems, Control Theory & PID Control
• Reaching & Grasping
• Local Guidance Strategies
• Localisation, Path Planning & Maps
• Sensor Fusion & SLAM
• Robot Learning
• Cognitive & Interactive Systems
• Human-Robot Interaction
• Swarm Robotics

This module cannot be taken with or after COM2009 or ELE434.

Optional modules within the school have limited capacity. We will always try to accommodate all students but cannot guarantee a place.  

• The course will be delivered using a mix of lectures and laboratory sessions. The lectures will convey the principles and the laboratory sessions will deliver the associated practical skills.
• 20 hours of Lectures
• 24 hours of Laboratory Sessions