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Embedded Perception Systems, 6 credits

Inbyggda perceptionssystem, 6 hp

TSBB18

Course starting semester

Main field of study

Computer Science and Engineering

Course level

First cycle

Course type

Programme course

Examiner

Mårten Wadenbäck

Director of studies or equivalent

Lasse Alfredsson

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 10 h
Recommended self-study hours: 150 h

Possible deviation from course syllabus/programme syllabus

ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary

Course offered for		Semester	Period	Timetable module	Language	Campus	ECV
6CIEI	Industrial Engineering and Management - International, Master of Science in Engineering, Chinese (Specialization Electrical Engineering)	6 (Spring 2022)	1	3	Swedish	Linköping, Valla	C
6CIEI	Industrial Engineering and Management - International, Master of Science in Engineering, French (Specialization Electrical Engineering)	6 (Spring 2022)	1	3	Swedish	Linköping, Valla	C
6CIEI	Industrial Engineering and Management - International, Master of Science in Engineering, German (Specialization Electrical Engineering)	6 (Spring 2022)	1	3	Swedish	Linköping, Valla	C
6CIEI	Industrial Engineering and Management - International, Master of Science in Engineering, Japanese (Specialization Electrical Engineering)	6 (Spring 2022)	1	3	Swedish	Linköping, Valla	C
6CIEI	Industrial Engineering and Management - International, Master of Science in Engineering, Spanish (Specialization Electrical Engineering)	6 (Spring 2022)	1	3	Swedish	Linköping, Valla	C
6CIII	Industrial Engineering and Management, Master of Science in Engineering (Specialization Electrical Engineering)	6 (Spring 2022)	1	3	Swedish	Linköping, Valla	C

Main field of study

Computer Science and Engineering

Course level

First cycle

Advancement level

G2X

Course offered for

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management - International

Prerequisites

Programming, Signals and Systems, Digital Circuits, Computer Systems.

Intended learning outcomes

After the course, the student is able to:

Program integrated hardware and software systems.
Handle a video stream from a camera.
Perform simple operations on images.
Explain the inverse kinematics problem and how to solve it.
Explain what camera calibration is.
Explain what hand-eye calibration is.
Build a sorting robot.
Have experience in prototype development.

Course content

The course introduces automatic image processing, sensor calibration and inverse kinematics for robot control.

In a design and development project, consisting of 3 sub-projects, each group of 3–4 students will implement an automatic sorting robot. This will be done with the help of a Raspberry Pi, a camera, an Arduino and a robotic arm with grip claw. The camera is used to provide digital images of a number of lego pieces. These should be detected and their respective positions shall be related to the coordinate system of the robot, which picks up and sorts them by color. In the three sub-projects, the overall system is gradually built up. How these sub-assignments are solved is up to the students and the training in independent problem solving is a central sub-objective of the course.

The project ends with a competition between all approved project groups/teams. The fastest robot wins and the time results are published according to rank on the prestigious results list of past and future robot competition results.

Teaching and working methods

The working method of the course is very much related to a prototype development where the students, from a concrete problem formulation, build a system that solves the problem with the help of available components and their documentation. The course has a somewhat PBL (problem-based learning) style, where students are expected to encounter sub-problems where they need to acquire new knowledge in order to solve the problem.

The students have support in the form of expert supervisors, who are available to discuss problems and recommend study material. The course starts with a lecture that introduces course objectives and working methods and gives an introduction to the area of computer vision with a focus on digital images, the imaging forming process for real cameras, image processing, homographies, hand-eye calibration and the open source libraries that are popular for image processing. The second lecture introduces inverse kinematics and how this problem can be solved. Furthermore, subject relevant seminars on e.g. system building, Linux and numerical optimisation can be held on demand.

Examination

PRA2

Projects

6 credits

U, G

The sub-projects are examined in the form of a joint demonstration where project participants should be able to account for each part of the project, which solutions are chosen and why. The examiner and/or supervisors will ask different control questions to the group members. After subprojects 1 and 2, each group must write a short report on an A4 page on how the subsystem is used, its functionality and how the subproblem was solved. Being able to write a short and concise such documentation is an intentional exercise in the course.

After the third sub-project, where the total system is assembled and the hand-eye calibration is solved, each group must also write a short documentation of the total system. In order to pass, all sub-projects and reports must be deemed approved.

Grades

Two-grade scale, U, G

Other information

Supplementary courses:

TSEA56 Electronics Engineering – Bachelor Project
TSBB09 Image Sensors,
TSBB08 Digital Image Processing,
TSBB15 Computer Vision,
TSRT08 Optimal Control,
TSBK07 Computer Graphics

About teaching and examination language

The teaching language is presented in the Overview tab for each course. The examination language relates to the teaching language as follows:

If teaching language is “Swedish”, the course as a whole could be given in Swedish, or partly in English. Examination language is Swedish, but parts of the examination can be in English.
If teaching language is “English”, the course as a whole is taught in English. Examination language is English.
If teaching language is “Swedish/English”, the course as a whole will be taught in English if students without prior knowledge of the Swedish language participate. Examination language is Swedish or English depending on teaching language.

Other

The course is conducted in a manner where both men's and women's experience and knowledge are made visible and developed.

The planning and implementation of a course should correspond to the course syllabus. The course evaluation should therefore be conducted with the course syllabus as a starting point.

If special circumstances prevail, the vice-chancellor may in a special decision specify the preconditions for temporary deviations from this course syllabus, and delegate the right to take such decisions.

Department

Institutionen för systemteknik

Course literature

Other

Code	Name	Scope	Grading scale
PRA2	Projects	6 credits	U, G

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I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize

		I	U	A	Modules
1. DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING
	1.1 Knowledge of underlying mathematics and science (G1X level)
	1.2 Fundamental engineering knowledge (G1X level)
	1.3 Further knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural science (G2X level)	X			PRA2
	1.4 Advanced knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural sciences (A1X level)
	1.5 Insight into current research and development work
2. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
	2.1 Analytical reasoning and problem solving
	2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery			X	PRA2
	2.3 System thinking		X	X	PRA2
	2.4 Attitudes, thought, and learning			X	PRA2
	2.5 Ethics, equity, and other responsibilities			X	PRA2
3. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION
	3.1 Teamwork			X	PRA2
	3.2 Communications			X	PRA2
	3.3 Communication in foreign languages
4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT
	4.1 External, societal, and environmental context
	4.2 Enterprise and business context
	4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management			X	PRA2
	4.4 Designing			X	PRA2
	4.5 Implementing			X	PRA2
	4.6 Operating
5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS
	5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development
	5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development
	5.3 Identification of needs, structuring and planning of research or development projects
	5.4 Execution of research or development projects
	5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects			X	PRA2

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