Autonomous Systems Issues

Course aim

To provide students with the advanced knowledge required to design, model and integrate practical intelligent autonomous systems such that they can be operated in a human-centric society.

Course content

Drivers and projections for robotics and autonomy, human-machine interaction, legal and safety considerations for autonomous systems, integration of robotics into society, machine ethics, modelling & simulation for robotics, challenges in robotics, simultaneous location & mapping, systems architectures & programming, reasoning & planning for robotics, performance evaluation & design for autonomous systems, trusted autonomy.

Textbook(s)

A. Finn & S. Scheding 2010, Challenges & Developlments for Autonomous and Unmanned Vehicles, Issue 1, Springer, Germany

B. Siciliano & O. Khatib 2008, Handbook of Robotics, Issue 1, Springer, Germany,

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	2 x 1 Hour x Weekly for 7 Weeks
Tutorial	1 Hour x Weekly for 7 Weeks
Computer Practical (Weeks )	3 hours x Weekly for 3 weeks

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

Assessment

Assignment, Group assignment

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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