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    <Code>EEEN62012</Code>
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    <Title>Robotic Manipulators</Title>
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    <Units>15</Units>
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    <Period>Semester 2</Period>
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    <Value>Postgraduate Taught</Value>
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  <UnitLevel Applicant="Y" Label="Unit level" Student="Y">
    <Level>Level 6</Level>
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  <StaffList Applicant="Y" Label="Teaching staff" RoleLabel="Course Unit Role" Student="Y">
    <StaffMember>
      <Name>Murilo Marinho</Name>
      <Role>Unit coordinator</Role>
    </StaffMember>
    <StaffMember>
      <Name>Xiaoxiao Cheng</Name>
      <Role>Unit coordinator</Role>
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    <StaffMember>
      <Name>Joaquin Carrasco Gomez</Name>
      <Role>Unit coordinator</Role>
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      <Organisation>
        <OrgName>Department of Electrical &amp; Electronic Engineering</OrgName>
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        <LevelName>FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' </LevelName>
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      <MaxUnits>European Credit Transfer &amp; Accumulation System Rating :   7.5</MaxUnits>
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    <Content>&lt;p&gt;This unit introduces students to the field of robotic manipulation, which is widely used in several application areas, from manufacturing to surgery, agriculture to social care. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Manipulators allow robots to interact with their environment and are critical to their full potential to assist humans with tasks. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Students will learn how to create kinematic and dynamic models for manipulators before developing a range of controllers to enable them to complete tasks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
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  <UnitOverview Applicant="" Label="Course unit overview" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;This unit introduces students to the field of robotic manipulation, which is widely used in several application areas, from manufacturing to surgery, agriculture to social care. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Manipulators allow robots to interact with their environment and are critical to their full potential to assist humans with tasks. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Students will learn how to create kinematic and dynamic models for manipulators before developing a range of controllers to enable them to complete tasks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
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  <Aims Applicant="Y" Label="Aims" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;The unit aims to: Introduce students to the fundamental concepts underpinning robotic manipulators, from the principles of design of manipulators and end-effectors to the modelling and control for various applications.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
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  <LearningOutcomes Applicant="Y" Label="Learning outcomes" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On successful completion of the course, a student will be able to:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ILO 1: &lt;/strong&gt;Describe the key components of a robotic manipulator and evaluate the effectiveness of end-effectors for a given task.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ILO 2: &lt;/strong&gt;Formulate kinematic and dynamic models for robotic manipulators.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ILO 3: &lt;/strong&gt;Design and implement appropriate closed-loop controllers for robotic manipulator tasks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ILO 4: &lt;/strong&gt;Analyse the control system performance against appropriate metrics.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ILO 5: &lt;/strong&gt;Present scientific data to professional engineering and/or lay audiences.&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
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  <Knowledge Applicant="Y" Label="Knowledge and understanding" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;(1) Demonstrate understanding of robotic manipulators, their modelling and control.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(2) Demonstrate understanding of main topics encountered in Autonomous Systems field.&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
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  <IntellectualSkills Applicant="Y" Label="Intellectual skills" Student="Y">
    <Content></Content>
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  <PracticalSkills Applicant="Y" Label="Practical skills" Student="Y">
    <Content></Content>
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  <TransferableSkills Applicant="Y" Label="Transferable skills and personal qualities" Student="Y">
    <Content></Content>
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  <EmployabilitySkillsList Applicant="Y" Label="Employability skills" Student="Y">
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  <Syllabus Applicant="Y" Label="Syllabus" Student="Y">
    <Content></Content>
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  <TeachingMethods Applicant="Y" Label="Teaching and learning methods" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;The unit allows the use of&amp;nbsp;blended learning&amp;nbsp;materials.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Students can&amp;nbsp;engage&amp;nbsp;with asynchronous materials such as videos,&amp;nbsp;lecture&amp;nbsp;notes,&amp;nbsp;and formative quizzes&amp;nbsp;prior to the synchronous sessions to&amp;nbsp;learn the fundamental material on&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;topics.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The&amp;nbsp;synchronous&amp;nbsp;sessions are divided into lectures, laboratory&amp;nbsp;sessions, and assessment sessions.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The laboratory sessions are meant to&amp;nbsp;introduce students to the computational content and environment, including mock assessments to help them understand the assessment style, common rubrics, and feedback pathways.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The assessment&amp;nbsp;follows the&amp;nbsp;continuous assessment&amp;nbsp;rules being developed in the department.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
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    <IntroText> </IntroText>
    <Method>
      <MethodId>0</MethodId>
      <MethodName>Other</MethodName>
      <MethodWeight>30%</MethodWeight>
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    <Method>
      <MethodId>1</MethodId>
      <MethodName>Written exam</MethodName>
      <MethodWeight>70%</MethodWeight>
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    <OtherDescription>&lt;p&gt;• 30% continuous assessments, 5% per hour of activity (7.5% per activity)&lt;br&gt;• 70% written exam&lt;/p&gt;</OtherDescription>
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  <FeedbackMethods Applicant="Y" Label="Feedback methods" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;Exam (70%) - departmental feedback form after the exam board.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Continuous assessment (30%) &amp;nbsp;- In-session or 1 week after submission.&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
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  <RequirementsList Applicant="Y" Label="Pre/co-requisites" Student="Y">
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      <Plan></Plan>
      <Level></Level>
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  <FreeChoice Applicant="Y" Label="Available as a free choice unit?" Student="Y">
    <Content>N</Content>
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  <Accreditation Applicant="Y" Label="Accreditation" Student="Y">
    <Content></Content>
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  <RecommendedReading Applicant="Y" Label="Recommended reading" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Spong, M. W., Hutchinson, S., &amp;amp; Vidyasagar, M. (2020). Robot modeling and control. John Wiley &amp;amp; Sons.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Siciliano, B., Sciavicco, L., Villani, L., &amp;amp; Oriolo, G. (2009). Robotics: Modelling, Planning and Control. In Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal Processing. Springer-Verlag London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-642-1&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;</Content>
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    <IntroText> </IntroText>
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        <ActivityType>Lectures</ActivityType>
        <Hours>32</Hours>
      </ActivityHours>
      <ActivityHours>
        <ActivityType>Practical classes &amp; workshops</ActivityType>
        <Hours>15</Hours>
      </ActivityHours>
      <ActivityHours>
        <ActivityType>Tutorials</ActivityType>
        <Hours>8</Hours>
      </ActivityHours>
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    <PlacementHours Applicant="Y" Label="Placement hours" Student="Y">
      <ActivityHours>
        <ActivityType></ActivityType>
        <Hours>0</Hours>
      </ActivityHours>
    </PlacementHours>
    <TotalHours Applicant="Y" Label="Independent study hours" Student="Y">
      <Hours>95</Hours>
    </TotalHours>
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  <Notes Applicant="Y" Label="Additional notes" Student="Y">
    <Content></Content>
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