6 ECTS credits
168 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1024250BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students must have followed ‘Introduction to Artificial Intelligence’ and 'AI Programming Project', before they can enroll for ‘Autonomous Systems and Robotics’.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
Department
Computer Science
Educational team
Bart De Boer (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
24 contact hours Lecture
24 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

This course discusses how AI is used in robots and other systems that must operate autonomously in the real world. It is not about robots that perform pre-programmed actions in factories, for example, but about robots and other systems that perceive the world, respond to it and act in it, and possibly learn and collaborate.

Course material
Handbook (Required) : Introduction to Autonomous Robots, Mechanisms, Sensors, Actuators and Algorithms, Correll, Hayes, Heckman and Roncone, Open access edition available!, MIT Press, 2022
Additional info

n.a. 

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

● Knowledge and understanding of the Intelligent Autonomous Agents and Robots. 
● Being able to formulate, apply and validate AI models. 
● Being able to apply knowledge from the basic areas and the supporting modules. 
● Being able to create a project plan to solve a typical AI problem with existing techniques.

 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Exam other with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: see additional information regarding evaluation

Additional info regarding evaluation

Three assignments with reporting and defense. The assignments increase in weight and importance (20%, 30%, 50%). The students work in groups. Part of the reporting is that the students describe who did what. 

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence: Default track (only offered in Dutch)