BLG 456E - Robotics

Course Objectives

An exploration of robot technologies.

1.To provide information on robots, their components and applications,
2.To provide mechanical design of robots and give an ability to solve kinematic calculations,
3.To give an ability to design the main control architecture, localization, mapping, path planning and vision algorithms of a robot system.

Course Description

An exploration of robot technologies and an introduction to the problems and techniques of robotics from the perspective of a computer engineer. Introduces different types, components and applications of robots. Studies mechanical designs and different sensors. Presents control architectures of robots, localization, mapping, path planning and robot
vision algorithms.