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Group Robotics Project - ELE00094M

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  • Department: Electronic Engineering
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Mark Post
  • Credit value: 60 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2021-22
    • See module specification for other years: 2022-23
  • Notes: This is an independent study module

Module summary

This module will provide an opportunity to work in a group on a complex robotic problem and produce a design and implementation to be tested in the Robotics Laboratory Using a variety of robotic devices, you will work together to build on your previous work on the MSc to create an innovative solution in physical devices.

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Summer Term 2021-22 to Summer Vacation 2021-22

Module aims

Subject Content aims:

  • To develop technical skills in the development of control software for robots
  • To develop technical skills in the development of systems to integrate multiple robotic units
  • To understand a complex problem formulation and provide a suitable design and implementation

Graduate Skills aims:

  • To provide a context for the application of taught knowledge in an engineering setting
  • To demonstrate the appreciation of scientific and engineering methods and techniques
  • To demonstrate effective group working skills

Module learning outcomes

Subject content learning outcomes:

After successful completion of this module, students will:

  • Have developed transferable group working skills such as communication and collaboration. Examined by group documentation and individual report.
  • Have achieved a professional standard of design, reasoning and implementation skills in a specialist area of robotic systems. Examined by individual report and a demonstration.
  • Have developed scientific and engineering skills that allow for the analysis of results from a developed system. Examined in the individual project report.
  • Have contributed in an original way to an established area of research or development, demonstrating a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge. Examined in the individual project report.
  • Have skills to formulate a moderate sized problem, to select and justify an appropriate approach in the context of wider research literature, and to follow the approach systematically. Examined in the group documentation and individual report.
  • Recognise alternatives, selecting and justifying the approach taken at each point in the report, identifying parts of the project area that are feasible within the time (etc.) constraints of the project. Examined in the group documentation and individual report.
  • Appreciate the latent issues of the subject area (for example, they might have to alter experimental work to take into account new findings). Examined in the group documentation and individual report.
  • Be able to prepare a report the structure and presentation of which is uncontentious, and that demonstrates the ability to critically reflect on their own performance and details the development and deployment of a robotic system.
  • Be able to accurately summarise work plans and demonstrate a solution in an oral presentation format.

Graduate skills learning outcomes

After successful completion of this module, students will:

  • Be able to express advanced technical concepts concisely and accurately and comment on their applications, limitations and implications
  • Be able to select, adapt and apply a range of theoretical and practical techniques to solve advanced robotics problems

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Groupwork
Coursework		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

Non-compensatable

Reassessment

None

Module feedback

'Feedback’ at a university level can be understood as any part of the learning process which is designed to guide your progress through your degree programme. We aim to help you reflect on your own learning and help you feel more clear about your progress through clarifying what is expected of you in both formative and summative assessments. A comprehensive guide to feedback and to forms of feedback is available in the Guide to Assessment Standards, Marking and Feedback. This can be found at https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/assessment-and-examination/guide-to-assessment/ The Department of Electronic Engineering aims to provide some form of feedback on all formative and summative assessments that are carried out during the degree programme. In general, feedback on any written work/assignments undertaken will be sufficient so as to indicate the nature of the changes needed in order to improve the work. Students are provided with their examination results within 20 working days of the end of any given examination period. The Department will also endeavour to return all coursework feedback within 20 working days of the submission deadline. The Department would normally expect to adhere to the times given, however, it is possible that exceptional circumstances may delay feedback. The Department will endeavour to keep such delays to a minimum. Please note that any marks released are subject to ratification by the Board of Examiners and Senate. Meetings at the start/end of each term provide you with an opportunity to discuss and reflect with your supervisor on your overall performance to date.

Indicative reading

Relevant research papers will be made available to the students to guide initial project development.


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