Robotics with Professional Placement

Develop impactful robotic solutions to real-world challenges.

Innovations in robotics are rapidly altering the way we interact in the world. On this Robotics BSc degree, you’ll gain the skills and experiences to influence the future of the industry. From developing control systems for a new generation of sustainable power production to devising animatronic systems for prosthetics, you’ll harness creativity and cutting-edge technologies to create robotic solutions for real-world challenges. Through collaborative projects, you’ll build a specialist knowledge of cybernetics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and human-robot interactions, as well as developing prototyping and fabrication skills.

Why study this course at Falmouth?
You’ll take a hands-on approach, working collaboratively on practical problems in a bespoke robotics lab and obtaining a mastery of programming, electronics and physical fabrication
You’ll work collaboratively with other students to devise robotic solutions for a range of real-world challenges and have opportunities to develop vital professional practice experience by tackling live industry projects
You’ll develop an understanding of the societal, ethical and environmental contexts for robotics and the implications for the design, engineering, deployment and adoption of robotic technologies
Based in the Games Academy, you’ll have opportunities to explore how robotics can be used to enhance entertainment systems, from creating social robots to developing prototypes for the future of game controllers and other interfaces
Cornwall is home to world-beating robotics, games and AI companies, environmental technology startups and groundbreaking marine research

On this Robotics degree, we’ll provide you with exciting opportunities to bring your ideas to life by designing engaging human-robot interactions and working prototypes. Through our industry connections, you’ll get to work on live professional briefs that could range from developing humanoid robots to sensory toys to engage disabled children, animatronic systems for prosthetics, as well as control systems for sustainable power production.

This practical experience is underpinned by explorations into the history of computing, the moral and legal considerations within digital creativity, accessibility and sustainability.

Year One:
In the first year of this Robotics degree, you’ll learn the foundations of the discipline. You’ll gain a practical introduction to programming and computer technology as well as learning about the various branches of computer science and the pipelines and processes used to create engaging digital products and services. Finally, you’ll explore approaches to physical computing and build your own autonomous robot.

Modules:
Principles of Computing
Digital Creativity
Development Foundations
Data Fundamentals
Individual Programming Project
Sustainable Logic Architectures

Year Two:
In your second year, you’ll start to focus on your subject specialism. You'll develop your knowledge of embedded systems through simple robot construction, explore the principles of cybernetics and autonomous robotics, and enhance your computational mathematics skills. You’ll also learn the theory and design techniques required to build complex mechanisms to specifications, informed by physics and kinematics, and engage in digital prototyping.

Modules:
Computational Mathematics
Digital Prototyping
Robotics & Cybernetics
Algorithms & Optimisation
Robot Design
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Year Three:
You’ll be responsible for finding your own placement, with support from the Employability team.

Choosing this option will enhance your industry experience and skills while studying.

How you’ll study during your professional placement:
You’ll spend time working in a professional context, as part of a business or organisation. This can be in one role, or up to three, and must be for a minimum of 24 weeks.

You’ll develop in-demand workplace skills, deepen your insight into industry and grow your network of contacts, all of which could help you get ahead in your career after graduation.

Throughout this year, you’ll develop a portfolio of work that includes critical self-reflection on what has been learned from the experience. You’ll be required to evidence your experiences, the skills you’ve learned and your professional growth.

Year four:
In the final year of your Robotics degree, you’ll develop greater intellectual freedom. You'll produce an individual Research & Development project under the supervision of a subject-matter expert and work in a multi-skilled team to design and implement a potentially innovative product or service.

You’ll also enhance your collaborative working skills by tackling “challenge briefs” with students across the university, and learn vital professional practice skills in our Future Skills module.

Modules
Research & Development: Proposal
Future Skills
Human-Robot Interaction
Research & Development: Dissertation
Major Collaboration

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100% of your assessments will be by coursework.

Assessments could include:

Projects
Papers
Pitches
Portfolios

Designed to mirror industry practice, students are also continually assessed on group projects through a group working strategy.