EG 426

Mobile Robots

This course examines key aspects of autonomous systems including mobile robot kinematics, drive mechanisms and control, perception, sensors, localization, map making, and path planning. A particular emphasis is given to the use computer vision for robot navigation, including feature identification, camera calibration, and optical measurement. The course concludes with techniques for integrating vision, mobile robots, and robot manipulators into a complete system and a team-based final project that requires students to integrate a robot and a camera system to accomplish a specified task. The final project provides a multi-disciplinary team experience for students.

Units: 3.0