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Year 1

8 topics
Principles of Robotic Systems - Robots and Society
  • Appraise the peculiar characteristics of the various industrial revolutions and critically analyse the impact of performance on human-robot coexistence in working environments
    • Describe the distinct features and advancements that characterise the transition from each of the industrial revolutions
    • Analyse how the four organisational performance indicators (price, quality, flexibility, and innovation) have been impacted by the interdependence of humans and robots in working environments
  • Outline the essential economic and social benefits of using robots in 21st-century environments
    • Identify the economic and social benefits of using robots in 21st-century environments (workplaces, smart homes, smart cities, playgrounds, etc.) within the confines of accepted standards and ethics
Principles of Robotic Systems - Robot Control Principles
  • Assess various systems, classify whether they fall under robotic or non-robotic systems, and outline the functions of the subsystems of robots
    • Describe robots and identify the differences between robotic and non-robotic systems
    • Describe the attributes and functionalities of a robot's subsystems and how they interconnect
  • Classify feedback and non-feedback loop systems and demonstrate the use of logic and loop diagrams in control systems design
    • Contrast non-feedback loop systems and feedback loop systems
    • Evaluate the use of logic and loop diagrams and demonstrate their use in control systems design
Principles of Robotic Systems - Sensors and Actuators
  • Analyse the similarities between robots and living organisms and outline critical scientific principles that underpin how sensing is achieved in robots
    • Draw a parallel relationship that relates the coordination of senses, brain and moving parts in living organisms to the coordination of sensors, processors and actuators in robots
    • Discuss the scientific principles underlying the operation of sensors
  • Experiment with varying linear sensors such as Light sensors, Colour Sensors, Ultrasonic Sensors, Temperature sensors, etc., explain their outputs and apply linear equations to calibrate them
    • Examine varying outputs of different linear sensors and explain the variations observed
    • Apply knowledge from linear equations to calibrate linear sensors and to scale sensor readings to fit within a desired max-min range
Robot Design Methodologies - Digital and Analogue System Design
  • Correctly label the components of an electronic circuit, state their functions and interpret block and schematic diagrams
    • Identify the components of an electronic circuit and their functions
    • Properly label and explain block and schematic diagram representations of electronic systems
  • Assemble electronic circuits from schematic diagrams and analyse their application in discrete and continuous-time machine design
    • Assemble and test electronic circuits on a solderless breadboard using pre-designed schematic diagrams
    • Critically analyse analogue and digital systems and observe how they relate to both discrete and continuous-time machine designs
Robot Design Methodologies - Tools and Apps for Robot Design
  • Effectively use virtual platforms and simulation tools to design and test robots
    • Explore features of selected modelling, programming and simulation tools useful for the design of robots
    • Design robots using virtual platforms and simulation tools and programming IDEs to test the mechanics of the designed robots
Robot Construction and Programming - Higher Order Design Thinking
  • Use flowchart diagrams to implement algorithms for solutions to basic problems
    • Determine the Inputs, Processes and Outputs required to solve a particular problem
    • Define solutions to fundamental automated and robotic problems using algorithms, pseudocodes, and flowchart diagrams
Robot Construction and Programming - Robot Construction
  • Appraise the effects of mass and centre of gravity in designing structures that withstand forces
    • Describe the effect of mass and centre of gravity on the stability of a structure or robot and strategies for designing systems that can withstand forces
    • Build structures for a specified use case and test them for stability and ability to withstand forces
  • Create robots using fabricated robotic materials or local materials to implement basic mechanic operations
    • Create robots using robotic kits and/or local materials to build robots that address the problems of recognised global robotics challenges
Robot Construction and Programming - Programming Robots
  • Create programs that make use of decision structures and loop conditions to control robots
    • Create computer programs from pre-designed flowcharts that have single-decision conditions
    • Create computer programs from pre-designed flowcharts that have nested decision conditions
    • Create computer programs from pre-designed flowcharts that have a controlled feedback loop with loop interrupts
  • Design and program Finite State Machines
    • Formulate and program FSMs to control different use cases (e.g., temperature control, multi-state motor speed control)

Year 2

8 topics
Principles of Robotic Systems - Robots and Society
  • Justify the need for integrating robots in human-centred environments for positive impact and outline ethical/safety considerations for successful coexistence
    • Analyse and enumerate both the positive and negative impacts of robots on society
    • Explain the need for robot coexistence with humans, taking into consideration safety and roboethics
    • Write publishable articles on topics related to ethics, safety and robot coexistence in society
  • Identify possible career paths in the area of robotics
    • Identify related job postings and prepare sample CVs that outline careers in robotics
Principles of Robotic Systems - Robot Control Principles
  • Convert an automated solution narrative into controlled feedback and non-feedback component designs
    • Make use of component diagrams and system diagrams to design non-feedback systems for implementing controls in given scenarios
    • Utilise component and system diagrams to design feedback systems for implementing controls in given scenarios
  • Formulate arithmetic and logical models for continuous-time and finite-state machines
    • Analyse scenarios and derive mathematical models for implementing continuous-time machines
    • Analyse and derive logical models for the implementation of finite-state machines
Principles of Robotic Systems - Sensors and Actuators
  • Examine sensor power source, input and output using appropriate measuring instruments and correctly classify them as either active-analogue, passive-analogue, active-digital or passive-digital sensors
    • Explain the striking features that categorise sensors as analogue or digital and as either active or passive
    • Classify sensors as either active-analogue, passive-analogue, active-digital or passive-digital
  • Use mathematical knowledge for sensor data manipulation and application for digital control of actuators
    • Apply mathematical methods to programmatically convert continuous-time sensor output to discrete-time digital output
    • Plot a Rotation-Distance graph for different scenarios of wheeled robots and observe how the resultant graph relates to the geometric dimensions of a robot
Robot Design Methodologies - Digital and Analogue System Design
  • Use boolean algebra to define automation solutions and apply Karnaugh Maps to simplify and optimise boolean-defined combinational digital systems
    • Explain and apply Boolean Algebra in the definition and design of digital systems
    • Apply Karnaugh Maps to optimise digital systems
  • Build and test basic combinational circuits on printed circuit boards
    • Solder and test electronic circuits on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) using pre-designed schematic diagrams
Robot Design Methodologies - Tools and Apps for Robot Design
  • Use computer-aided design tools to design 3D models of robot parts and operate a 3D printer for fabrication of prototype robot parts
    • Use a CAD tool to model parts of robotic systems
    • Use 3D rendering tools to format and slice STL files and operate a 3D printer to print 3D models
Robot Construction and Programming - Higher Order Design Thinking
  • Use algorithms, pseudocodes and flowcharts to implement low-level design specifications from high-level designs
    • Define solutions for control and feedback systems using algorithms, pseudocodes, and flowchart diagrams
Robot Construction and Programming - Robot Construction
  • Analyse robots with closed-chain designs and formulate navigation equations for traversing specific trajectories
    • Discuss closed-chains, velocity and trajectory as they are used in mechanics
    • Analyse and perform basic calculations involving velocity and trajectory motions and apply trajectory calculations to robot navigations
  • Create robots using fabricated robotic materials or local materials to implement basic mechanics
    • Create robots using robotic kits and/or local materials to implement basic mechanics for actuations
Robot Construction and Programming - Programming Robots
  • Implement a PID controller and experiment with the effects of proportional gain, derivative gain, and integral gain on the navigation efficiency of PID-controlled two-wheeled rover robots
    • Implement PID controllers for line and wall following robots
    • Apply the principle of variation and proportionality to experiment with the effect of proportional, derivative and integral gains on the efficiency of a PID-controlled robot
  • Critically analyse and assess built robots for algorithmic, design and coding flaws
    • Observe and identify flaws in an operational robot and trace them to either algorithm flaws, design flaws or coding errors
    • Use a series of iterations to fix the identified flaws or improve the performance of solutions

Year 3

5 topics
Principles of Robotic Systems - Robots and Society
  • Conceive, evaluate and document high-level robot-based solutions to real-world problems
    • Identify both local and global problems that can be fixed using robots and automated systems
    • Identify, document, and present problems in society and local industries, as well as suggest the role robots can play in solving these problems
  • Prepare and justify technical reports for an envisioned solution to a problem and critique technical reports on proposed solutions to known problems
    • Prepare technical reports, including flowcharts or pseudo codes that outline the sequence of steps to solve problems
    • Peer-review and critique the technical reports presented by colleagues
Principles of Robotic Systems - Robot Control Principles
  • Design and implement feedback-driven autonomous systems to improve efficiency in an identifiable local industry
    • Design a prototype feedback-driven autonomous system for efficiency improvement in an identified local industry
  • Demonstrate skills in reverse-engineering controls of functional autonomous robotic systems through observation and analysis
    • Test operational robots for specified tasks and observe/document identified flaws
    • Identify faults in robotic systems and trace them to algorithm flaws, design flaws or coding errors
    • Go through a series of iterations to fix the identified flaws or improve the robot's performance
Principles of Robotic Systems - Sensors and Actuators
  • Observe and explain the underlying STEM concepts of functional automated system processes and recommend feasible automation designs for unautomated industrial processes
    • Analyse the operating principles and use of advanced industry-based actuators (valves, hydraulic-based actuators, contactors, relays, etc.)
    • Evaluate an industrial control requirement and recommend final control actuators with appropriate justification
Robot Design Methodologies - Digital and Analogue System Design
  • Reverse engineer an existing combinational circuit and implement similar circuits or improved versions
    • Observe the input/output pairs of combinational circuit black boxes and reverse-engineer the circuit
    • Analyse a given real-world scenario and build a circuit that uses a number of inputs to control a given number of outputs
Robot Construction and Programming - Robot Construction
  • Create robots using fabricated robotic materials or local materials to implement basic mechanics
    • Create robots using robotic kits and/or local materials to implement basic mechanics for actuations that make use of gears, transmission systems, vehicles with suspended wheels, steering mechanisms, and other mechanical components
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