SS-3406 Introduction to Robotics

This module is a breadth module for students outside the Bachelor of Science. It is taught with the assumption that the students are from business, social sciences, etc, without any prior knowledge in programming and engineering. The module is project based, i.e. the students spend majority of the time designing and building robots after 6 lectures and 2 labs.

Course Content (Lectures):

  1. Introduction
  2. Sensing
  3. Actions: Effectors & Actuators
  4. Actions: Locomotion & Manipulation
  5. Robot Brain

Labs:

  1. Lab 01: Programming BASIC Stamp I: Actuators
  2. Lab 02: Programming BASIC Stamp II: Sensors