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DD2414 Engineering project in Robotics, Perception and Learning

Autumn 2020

Students:

Course responsible & supervisors:

  • Patric Jensfelt
  • Ludvig Ericson
  • Daniel Duberg

Goal: Design and build a serviceable research drone platform tailored towards indoor navigation.

Syllabus

  1. Plan, design, source, integrate, and implement a robotic solution in the form of a serviceable research drone platform tailored towards indoor navigation.
    • A. Mechanical design, sourcing, and construction of drone platform.
    • B. Electrical design, sourcing, and integration of all components. C. Software integration of low level firmware (PX4) and ROS.
  2. Documentation of project
    • A. Project planning and management through task tracking with agile development.
    • B. Motivation of design choices.
    • C. Documentation of the final platform in the form of a comprehensive usage guide.
  3. Work in collaboration with other group members and supervisors (PhD students and Professors).

Primary ILO

  1. As a group, choose a course of approach and define, follow and follow up a plan for carrying out a larger project task in a given resource budget.
  2. Systematically design, implement, test and demonstrate a prototype system that meets given specifications and design goals.
  3. Present orally and in writing (in English), a description and defense of a technical solution to a problem in robotics, perception and learning.
  4. Be able to participate professionally in project work in activities in robotics, perception and learning.

Secondary ILO

  1. Implement and integrate a number of important tools and technologies used in robotics.
  2. Be able to assess the value of, and to a suitable extent utilize, existing solutions as a part of a robotics project.
  3. Use adequate engineering tools and methods and acquire new knowledge and skill when needed.