Unit name | Assistive Robotics (UWE UFMFSR-15-M) |
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Unit code | EMATM0059 |
Credit points | 15 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Caleb-Solly |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
Assistive robotics is increasingly becoming recognised as a potential enabler in helping people improve their quality of life and live independently, particularly in later life.
According to a recent business report, the assistive robotics market is expected to register a compound annual growth rate of 21% over the forecast period of 2019-2024.
This module will introduce you to the fundamentals of assistive robotics. Starting with understanding a range of typical assistive scenarios and robots, together with the associated human physical, sensory and cognitive conditions and disabilities that need to be considered when designing and deploying such systems, you will also gain knowledge of key areas within robotics that are core to realising assistive robotic solutions.
The practical sessions for this module, which will contribute to the coursework assignment and run in parallel to the lecture sessions, will involve working in teams on a mobile robot platform to achieve an assistive task. Each sub-group within a team will focus on a specific functionality to achieve the task, such as human-robot interaction, scene analysis, person recognition, navigation, object recognition, grasping and manipulation, culminating in integrating the different functions to realise the overall task. This will give you the opportunity of developing and applying in-depth knowledge and skills in a specific area of interest as related to assistive robotics, but also understanding the scope of the different fundamental areas and the pragmatic challenges of working on a real-world assistive task
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