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EE50238: Autonomous systems navigation, guidance and communications

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: EX 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Examination (EX 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
To introduce students to the key elements of navigation, guidance and communciation for autonomous systems
To introduce key concepts required for understanding, designing and critically appraising navigation, guidance and communciation for autonomous systems
To provide key skills for implementing navigation, guidance and communciation for autonomous systems

Learning Outcomes:
Design, validate and critically appraise navigation, guidance and communciation for autonomous systems (EP3, DF2)
Compare, contrast and evaluate practical techniques for the navigation, guidance and communciation for autonomous systems (EP1, EP2, ET5, SM1)
Apply a range of established and new techniques for the navigation, guidance and communciation for autonomous systems(ET6, DF1, EA2, EA3, SM2, SM3)

Skills:
Numeracy: Design digital systems (T,F,A)
Using IT effectively: Simulators and design tools (T,F,A)
Â鶹´«Ã½ and Analysis: evaluating designs critically (T,F,A)
Independent Working (T, F, A)
Problem Solving (T, F,A)

Content:
Navigation: GPS, GNSS, Real time kinematics, sensor fusion, visual systems
Guidance: Magnetic systems, 9DOF sensors, path following, waypoint planning
Communciation: Telemetry links, aerial specification, simple networks, hardware for autonomous systems communication, satellite communciations.
Programme availability:

EE50238 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
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