Translate field requirements into robotic system architecture
Physical Sciences & Engineering · Engineering, Robotics & Prototyping
ROB-310Robotics & Field Automation
Integrates mechanical design, electronics, sensing, controls, autonomy, and field testing for robotic and automated systems.
Course outcomes
What students develop
Integrate sensors, actuators, power, and controls
Test autonomy and reliability under operational constraints
Produce engineering documentation and a field demonstration
Course content
Topics and questions
- System architecture
- Actuation and power
- Sensing and localization
- Controls and autonomy
- Field testing and safety
Methods & resources
Tools and environments
- Mobile robotic platforms
- CAD and fabrication tools
- Embedded controllers and sensors
Evaluation
Demonstration of learning
- Requirements review
- Subsystem tests
- Field demonstration
- Technical dossier
Program relationships
Where this course fits
Core
Electrical Systems, Sensing & Robotics
Integrates electronics, embedded systems, sensors, controls, robotics, field automation, data acquisition, and engineering design.
Core
Engineering Systems & Field Automation
Develops integrated robotic, sensing, control, and operational systems for field, infrastructure, environmental, agricultural, and research contexts.
Core
Engineering Systems & Frontier Technologies
Original engineering research across instrumentation, sensing, robotics, photonics, materials, autonomy, infrastructure, and complex technical systems.
Core
Robotics, Sensors & Field Automation
Electronics, sensing, embedded systems, robotics, controls, autonomy, field testing, and engineering documentation.
Core
Field Automation Prototyping
Requirements, sensors, embedded systems, robotics, testing, safety, and a demonstrated field-automation prototype.
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