ENEX13004 - Robotics and Autonomous Systems

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will introduce you to robotics and artificial intelligence in autonomous systems. You will learn the principles of robotic manipulators, mobile robots, robotic vision systems, forward kinematics, inverse kinematics of robotic manipulators, and programming. You will program industrial and mobile robots using Python programming language to model robotic systems mathematically, plan their path trajectories and predict and avoid collision with objects in the surrounding environment by fusing information from various sensors. The Robotic Operating System (ROS) is used with Gazebo robotic simulator to build and test various robotic applications. You are introduced to Linux operating system and will learn different ROS commands to test and troubleshoot real-world robotic systems. In addition, you will complete laboratory activities with real robots to strengthen your knowledge before completing a project in Gazebo simulated environment to solve a real-world problem. This unit supports the UN sustainable development goal 9- industry, innovation and infrastructure by discussing sustainable industrialisation using robotic applications.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: ENEM12010 Engineering Dynamics AND MATH11219 Applied Calculus.

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2025

Term 1 - 2025 Profile
Mackay
Mixed Mode

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 20% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Unit coordinator's self reflection
Feedback
The present robotic simulation software employed for the final project demands substantial computational power, thereby constraining the project's complexity. Additionally, its resource-intensive nature poses challenges when running on students' computers.
Recommendation
Should explore and introduce an alternative lightweight robotic simulation software optimised for the hardware available on students' computers.
Action Taken
An online simulator was introduced for students who had issues running the software on their computers. This allowed students to access the simulation software regardless of their personal computers' hardware capabilities. However, the simulator is subscription-based, and students need to pay for it. This option is available but not mandatory, as most students were able to run the simulation software on their own computers.
Source: Unit Coordinator's Reflection
Feedback
Currently, the residential school for this unit is only available in Mackay, as the robotic hardware is only available there. However, since the Industrial Automation majors are offered at all campuses, there is a need to provide residential schools at each campus.
Recommendation
The possibility of offering residential schools at multiple campuses should be explored.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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