Course Code
Course Title
Introduction to Robotics
Description
This course introduces students to robotic design and autonomous agents through the integration of mechanical devices, sensors and intelligent agents. Students will explore the application of intelligence in the control of motion. They will be exposed to such topics as Spatial descriptions, Kinematics, Statics and Dynamics. In addition they will study Motion Planning and Control, Trajectory Generation, Active Modelling and Simulation
Recommended Reading
- Maja J. Matarić, The Robotics Primer, MIT Press 2007.
- Saeed Niku, Introduction to Robotics: Analysis, Systems, Applications, Prentice Hall, 2002.
- Siegwart and Nourbakhsh, Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots, The MIT Press, 2004.