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.

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.

Feedback from Unit Coordinator's Reflection

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.

The possibility of offering residential schools at multiple campuses should be explored.