May 01, 2024  
2012-2013 College of Liberal Arts Catalog 
    
2012-2013 College of Liberal Arts Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PHYS 201 - Robotics Engineering

4 credits
This course is designed for students interested in engineering. It is a hands-on, project-based course, where teams of 3-5 students will build and test robots to perform a pre-defined task (e.g., navigating through obstacles, picking-up and carrying specified objects to a destination, etc.). The robots will compete against each other at the end of the course. The lectures will cover the basics of how certain sensors and motors work, and basic programming techniques for processing the sensor inputs and for generating motor outputs. Graded Pass/Unsatisfactory. Repeatable as topic varies. Prerequisite: PHYS 150 (or PHYS111) and CSCI 115, or permission of instructor. Offered Monday-Friday, from 10am to 5pm, during January Term.
4.000 Credit hours CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Quantitative



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