Course Catalogue

Robotics Team Design Project M ENG5325

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Runs Throughout Semesters 1 and 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

This project gives students knowledge and experience of implementing design architecture and processes, project management and trade-offs, and team work required to design, programme and analyse a system architecture for operating and controlling a robot or robotic system.

Timetable

Weekly meetings with supervisor. Weekly meetings as a team without supervisor.

Requirements of Entry

Mandatory Entry Requirements

None

Recommended Entry Requirements

None

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

50% of the assessment grade comes from the group final report (to be submitted at the end of the project), weighted by self-assessment contribution from each student within the team.

20% of the assessment grade comes from 2 group presentations (a pitch presentation at the midpoint design review and a final presentation at the end of the project), weighted by self-assessment contribution from each student within the team.

30% of the assessment comes from the continual performance of the team members, weighted by contribution of each student based on individual time sheets agreed at regular meetings and self-assessment of each team members' contributions.

Course Aims

The aims of this course are to:

■ introduce students to the practical issues involved in a team design project;

■ enable students to implement their knowledge of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence within a complex Robotic System based team design project;

■ provide an introduction to the project management and team building skills needed for such a collaborative project.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to: 

■ develop suitable mathematical models and simulations of complex robotic systems for design purposes;

■ design autonomous control and behavioural algorithms to control the position, orientation and motion of a complex robotic system;

■ design intelligent behavioural response monitoring systems for a complex robotic platform;

■ design systems for autonomous control and behavioural operations;

■ analyse, evaluate and refine the control and behavioural algorithms;

■ engage in teamwork activities and evaluation the performance of their team collectively and as individuals;

■ develop a practical project/time plan from requirements capture to test & validation;

■ employ project management concepts including costing of the activities and time/resource management.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

No exceptions