MICRO-580 / 10 credits

Teacher: Profs divers *

Language: English

Withdrawal: It is not allowed to withdraw from this subject after the registration deadline.


Summary

The student applies the acquired skills in an engineering or a research project.

Content

Students are asked to run an engineering or a research project integrating several robotics aspects. This project allows them to practice and improve their skills on concrete problems related to robotics, and experience a project environment in a laboratory, making the connection to research or industry.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

  • Develop an individual research or industrial project
  • Apply skills to a specific subject
  • Manage the project
  • Assess / Evaluate the results
  • Compose a written scientific report of a project
  • Present a project orally for a scientific audience
  • Develop expertise in a specific research area
  • Represent data in a consistent and effective manner

Transversal skills

  • Write a scientific or technical report.
  • Write a literature review which assesses the state of the art.
  • Set objectives and design an action plan to reach those objectives.
  • Use a work methodology appropriate to the task.
  • Communicate effectively, being understood, including across different languages and cultures.
  • Assess progress against the plan, and adapt the plan as appropriate.
  • Give feedback (critique) in an appropriate fashion.
  • Access and evaluate appropriate sources of information.

Assessment methods

Written report and oral presentation

In the programs

  • Semester: Fall
  • Exam form: During the semester (winter session)
  • Subject examined: Robotics project I
  • Project: 10 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: mandatory
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Robotics project I
  • Project: 10 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: mandatory
  • Semester: Fall
  • Exam form: During the semester (winter session)
  • Subject examined: Robotics project I
  • Project: 10 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: mandatory
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Robotics project I
  • Project: 10 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: mandatory

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