Robotics
WB-MI-168
Always wanted to create a robot from scratch? In this minor you will work in a multidisciplinary team and design and build a functional robotic prototype for a customer. You and your team will be working from RoboHouse. Based on your interest teams will be formed. In the first quarter you will mainly take courses outside of your own discipline. During the second quarter the focus is on designing and building the robotic prototype. Have a look at the videos below for an impression of previous years.
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
EC’s
30
Language
English
Maximum participants
50
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For whom?
This minor is open to all TU Delft BSc students Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Industrial Design Engineering with a strong interest in developing a robotic prototype.
What will you learn
During this minor you will learn what it is like to work in a multidisciplinary team and build a working robotic prototype for a customer. You will also learn the basics of the other disciplines in your team. Apart from the courses that mainly take place in the first quarter, you will work in a team on a robotic prototype. You will get a lot of freedom doing so. This also means that you will probably spend a lot of time with your team working on this prototype. While doing this you will show the following technical competences:
- executing a market analysis, designing the user experience (including external appearance), producing a slick robot (IDE students already possess these competences)
- calculating forces, torques, stiffness, strength, acceleration/deceleration, collisions and stability of the robot, and designing the mechanical parts and the drive train (ME students already possess these competences)
- calculating currents, circuit dynamics, and heat production, selecting, reading, and interpreting sensor outputs, and developing, building and testing electronic circuits for power supply, safety, and data processing (EE students already possess these competences)
- designing, implementing, and testing c++/python software modules for human interfacing, interaction, safety, and autonomous behavior of the robot (CS students already possess these competences).
Course overview
The courses that you have to take depend on your background. There is a different track for each of the 4 disciplines (note that Aerospace Engineering students follow the Mechanical Engineering track). To get acquainted with the specialization of your team members, you will take courses outside of your own discipline.
Course | For which students? | |||
IDE | ME/AE | EE | CSE | |
IO3881: Design in Robotics | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
ET3033TU: Circuit Analysis |
| 3 |
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WB3705: Dynamics for Minor Robotics |
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| 4 | 4 |
WB3168: Sensors for Robotics |
| 1 |
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WB2632: Project Mechanica | 6 |
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TI3115TU: Software Engineering Methods |
| 5 | 5 |
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TI3105TU: Introduction to Python | 5 |
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WB3703: Introduction to ROS | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
WB3704: Gazebo assignment |
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| 2 |
WB3700: Robotics Minor Project | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Education methods
Number of contact hours
40 hours
Modes of instruction
Differs per course. First quarter will be more heavy on courses which might be helpful for the project. Second quarter mainly focusses on the project.
Impression last year
During the minor you will be part of the Robotics ecosystem in Delft. Your team will have office in RoboHouse to work on the prototype. Please have a look at the videos from 3 of the teams from previous years to get an impression.
Register for this minor
Make sure to register for this minor on time! Also, send a motivation letter before April 16th to m.klomp@tudelft.nl.
Please make sure your motivation letter (plain email text, PDF, or Word) touches on the following (and is no longer than 400 words):
- What are your personal goals (what would you like to do after you graduated)
- How do you think this minor can contribute to these goals?
- Why you are good in your own discipline (compared to peers*)
- Examples of your contribution to teamwork (during your study or elsewhere)
- Why you think you can run the extra mile**
* Do not mention the courses you followed, your peers did those too.
** This minor will take a lot of your time. Experiences from the past show it is really hard (and sometimes unfair to teammates) to combine this with too many other activities.
