Autonomous Mechatronic Systems

Course aim

To have students design, construct, demonstrate and evaluate an autonomous mobile robotic system capable of performing a number of predefined tasks.

Course content

• Design of a mobile autonomous mechatronic system to perform a number of tasks that are not rigidly defined before the testing;
• Review of mechatronic concepts: System design techniques, system integration, control systems, machine vision, microcontroller programming;
• Robotic navigation: path planning, collision avoidance, mapping and localisation.

Textbook(s)

Siegwart, R., Nourbakhsh, I.R., Scaramuzza, D 2011, Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots, 2nd edition, The MIT Press, London, England

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
COMP 1041	Programming for Engineers
EEET 2044	Electromechanics

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	2 hours x 8 weeks
Practical	3 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Lecture	2 hours x 8 weeks
Practical	3 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION - SINGAPORE (INTENSIVE)
Lecture	2 hours x 8 weeks
Practical	4 hours x 5 days

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Literature review, Product design outline and testing methods, Project demonstration and seminar, Project report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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