A single in-course assessment totalling 100% consisting of:-
(30%) A 15 minute presentation and demonstration of a mobile robot system exhibiting decision making behaviour and how it was developed (learning outcomes 2 and 4)
(70%) A 2000 word report on the development of a mobile robot program (learning outcomes 1 and 3)

Practical laboratory sessions (2 hours per week) will be complemented with theory in the form of handouts, recommended reading and lectures (1 hour per week). In addition you will receive Technical Instruction (2 hours) on the setting up of the mobile robot systems.

Braitenberg. V, Vehicles : Experiments in Synthetic Psychology,Cambridge, MA. : MIT Press (1984),ISBN/ISSN: 0262022087 / 0262521121
Braunl. T, Embedded Robotics: Mobile Robot Design and Applications with Embedded Systems, Berlin: Springer (2006), ISBN: 3540343180
Siegwart. R, Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots, Cambridge, Mass.; London (2004) ISBN: 026219502X (hbk)
Sahin. F, Practical and Experimental Robotics, Boca Raton, Fla. (2008) ISBN: 1420059092

Laboratory facilities consisting of a programmable embedded system, motors and gears, sensors and a programming development environment.

None.

Introduction to robot systems and controllers.
Practical introduction to robot programming for mobile systems
Braitenberg vehicles and subsumption architecture
BEAM and legged robotics
Robot simulation
The basics of sensory feedback and decision making processes.
Introduction to path planning