Course co-ordinator(s): Dr Christian Dondrup (Edinburgh), Dr Patricia Vargas (Edinburgh), Claudio Zito (Dubai), Talal Shaikh (Dubai).
Aims:
- To introduce students to concepts and techniques used in robotics and applications ranging from industrial automation to robotic companions.
- To understand the basic concepts used in evolutionary, swarm and other bio-inspired robotics.
- To understand the basic concepts used in developmental robotics and human-robot interaction.
- To gain exposure to the main issues involved in building intelligent robot controllers.
Detailed Information
Course Description: Link to Official Course Descriptor.
Pre-requisite course(s): F29AI Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Agents or equivalent.
Location: Dubai, Edinburgh.
Semester: 1.
Syllabus:
- Fundamentals of Manipulators – Geometry, kinematics, control and programming.
- Basics of Mobile Robots – Mapping, path planning and navigation.
- Behaviour Based Robotics, Evolutionary, swarm and other bio-inspired robotics.
- Cognitive Robotics – Developmental robotics and human-robot Interaction.
SCQF Level: 11.
Credits: 15.