Robotics System Design & Development

This course introduces essential concepts in robotics with an integrated design project covering elements of development and deployment. The course equips participants with necessary skills and knowledge to design, develop, integrate and evaluate robots for domain specific applications. Key topics covered include mechanisms, perception, actuators, autonomy, and application specific robots. The team-based design project is centred on application development for an autonomous mobile robot. Application driven hardware and software development exercises are covered as part of the design project.

Who Should Attend

This course targets Technicians, Engineers, Researchers, Managers, and Business Leaders who are interested in gaining proficiency in essential robotics topics and skillsets.

Programme Outline

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants can expect to:
•   Evaluate robotics technologies and enabling capabilities for specialized applications
•   Design system architecture and workflow for robot deployments
•   Construct power train mechanisms for robot locomotion
•   Integrate perception and actuation systems onboard a robotic platform
•   Model autonomy behaviours for fully automated robot operation
•   Compose software codes to synthesize desired robot behaviours
•   Create a complete robotic system to solve a real world application
•   Negotiate design variables to optimize robot performance

Day 1

Robotics Introduction
Robot Mechanisms
Robot Mechanisms Practical
Perception & Actuators
Perception & Actuators Practical
Robot Autonomy
Robot Autonomy Practical

Day 2

Application Specific Robots
Application Specific Robot Design Project
Application Specific Robot Design Project - Final Oral Presentation

Assessment

In-class Assignments and Team Project

Course Fees and Funding

Full course fee inclusive of prevailing GST	You pay S$2,180.00
SkillsFuture Course Fee subsidy (up to 70%) For Singapore Citizens < 40 years old For Permanent Residents	You pay as low as S$654.00
Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (up to 90%) For Singapore Citizens ≥ 40 years old	You pay as low as S$254.00
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (up to 90%) For SME - Sponsored employees	You pay as low as S$254.00

The above module fee payable is inclusive of 9% GST.
This course is not eligible for the $4,000 credit under SkillsFuture Credit (Mid-Career) top-up scheme.

Instructor

Mohan Rajesh Elara
Associate Professor, EPD
SUTD

Dr. Mohan is currently a Provost Chair Professor with the Engineering Product Development pillar at Singapore University of Technology and Design. He is a co-founder of Lionsbot, a Singapore-headquartered robotics company which designs and manufactures autonomous cleaning robots for global deployments. Dr. Mohan received his Ph.D. and M.Sc degrees from the Nanyang Technological University. His research interests are in robotics with an emphasis in reconfigurable platforms as well as research problems related to robot ergonomics and autonomous systems. He has published more than 200 papers in leading journals, books, and conferences.

Dr. Mohan is currently serving as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters and IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine. He is the recipient of the SG Mark Design, ASEE Best of Design in Engineering Award, IDA Design Award, Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors’ Award and A’ Design award. Dr. Mohan has served in various positions of organizing and technical committees of several international competitions and conferences.

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