IMAT5121 Mobile Robots

The learning outcomes that are assessed by this coursework are:

1. Understanding the subject specific issues relating to programming mobile robots 2. Understanding and being able to program using the basic architectures to control robots

3. Understanding and being able to program to execute navigation, sensor data analysis and actuator control for mobile robots.

When completed you are required to submit your coursework to:

1. The Coursework Submission links on BlackBoard under assessments by  12 noon on the 10th of January 2020

- The report submitted to the Turnitin link,

- The zip file submitted to the assessment link

Late submission of coursework policy: Late submissions will be processed in accordance with current University regulations which state:  

“the time period during which a student may submit a piece of work late without authorisation and have the work capped at 40% [50% at PG level] if passed is 14 calendar days. Work submitted unauthorised more than 14 calendar days after the original submission date will receive a mark of 0%.  These regulations apply to a student’s first attempt at coursework. Work submitted late without authorisation which constitutes reassessment of a previously failed piece of coursework will always receive a mark of 0%.”

Academic Offences and Bad Academic Practices:

These include plagiarism, cheating, collusion, copying work and reuse of your own work, poor referencing or the passing off of somebody else's ideas as your own. If you are in any doubt about what constitutes an academic offence or bad academic practice you must check with your tutor.

Tasks to be undertaken:

To write a program using a simulator of your choice using the to achieve the tasks detailed in the handout (file: IMAT5121_Handout_201920.pdf)

A report of no more than ten sides of A4 including the following:

*Architecture design

*Behaviour design

*Experimental design (to test performance of the task execution)

*Results

*Conclusion

A zip file containing:

-The code that implements the tasks

How the work will be marked:

•The marking will be based entirely on the report submitted.

•Feedback will be given through Blackboard.

An excellent, well-written report that is well structured and presents good conclusions and a critical analysis of your work and your program’s performance. The report presents a good development and testing methodology for the achievement of the requirements. You should provide your own critical comments about the strengths and weaknesses of your solution and what could have been made differently.

A well-written report that is well structured and presents good conclusions. You should provide a detailed test of the performance in relation to the requirements. You should provide some comments about the strengths and weaknesses of your approach. Detailed source code documentation.

A reasonable report that presents a good summary of the approach taken to tackle the problem. You have a good understanding the basics of Robot programming. You have included Conclusions, which present what you have learned while solving the problem. The report includes basic tests of the performance of the requirements as listed in the handout (see summary list of requirements at the end of this section). Good source code documentation.

A report that shows reasonable understanding of programming robots. You have attempted to tackle the problem and produced a program that executes part of the task. Basic source code documentation.

A report that shows little or no understanding of robot programming.  

Take note of the requirements for which you need to test the performance of your solution, as detailed in the coursework handout document:

*The robot finds the middle of the room

*The robot exits/enters the room without bumping into objects or walls

*The robot finds and stops near the beacon OR the robot completely maps the environment (compulsory for Aria users)

*The robot returns and stops in the middle of the room

*The robot maps the environment