UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

ECE5178 Intelligent robotics

Faculty of Engineering

ECE5178 Intelligent robotics is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2022 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2022
Semester 2
Clayton
Assessment
No exam
3 tasks
Workload
144 hours
per semester

This is the 2022 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before ECE5178

Prohibitions

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After ECE5178

No unit lists ECE5178 as a prerequisite in the 2022 handbook.

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Overview

Intelligent robotics concerns the melding of artificial perception, strategic reasoning and robotic action in potentially unstructured and time-varying environments to fulfil useful physical tasks, whether in industry or for security, healthcare, search and rescue or civil defence etc. This unit covers topics underpinning the above requirements, including sensors, sensor fusion, machine perception, environmental mapping/monitoring, path planning, localisation, mechanisms, artificial intelligence methodologies and application domains.

Offerings in 2022

Teaching periodCampusMode
Second semesterClaytonOn campus

Assessment

  • Programming exercisesThreshold hurdle
    20%
  • Laboratory project milestonesThreshold hurdle
    20%
  • Final lab demonstration/competitionThreshold hurdle
    60%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Assess the physical structure, sensing/actuation and programming required to develop an intelligent robot.

  2. 2

    Formulate and design the robotic mechanism, its sensors and actuators.

  3. 3

    Integrate robotic mechanisms, sensors and actuators into a functioning robot system.

  4. 4

    By considering case studies, critically appraise robot systems developed by others.

Workload and teaching

  • Laboratories36 hours
  • Practical activities12 hours
  • Lectures12 hours
  • Teaching approachSimulation or virtual practice
  • Teaching approachActive learning
  • Teaching approachOnline learning

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-8 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.

Practicals will be delivered online

Students will work in groups of 3-4 to implement an intelligent robot system. We will work in hybrid mode, where one group member is on campus while the others participate remotely

Lectures will be delivered online

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Professor Dana Kulic
Chief Examiners
Professor Dana Kulic

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ECE5178?

ECE5178 has no prerequisites.

When is ECE5178 offered?

In 2022, ECE5178 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.

How much work is ECE5178?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does ECE5178 have an exam?

No. ECE5178 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Organisational unit
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available