| Unit name | Robotics with Biomedical Applications |
|---|---|
| Unit code | MENGM0003 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Herrmann |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
Robotics has been an established engineering discipline for the last few decades and its market is currently worth more than 6 billion. A rapidly emerging area of robotics where robots play greater parts in humans' lives is called service robotics and its market is predicted to reach 80 billion by 2025. Experts, including Bill Gates, suggested that service robotics today is what a PC was 20 years ago. Robotics combines long-established areas of mechanical, electronic and software engineering with research streams based on novel approaches from artificial intelligence and life sciences. This module will provide general understanding of industrial and modern robotics and its applications. More specifically, the module content includes robots' components, kinematics, dynamics and control with special emphasis on the field of medical robotics.
