Abstract
This paper presents how research on autonomous systems is embedded into the curriculum at two departments at the RMIT University, Australia: the School of Engineering and the School of Science. We introduce general structure of our Work Integrated Learning (WIL) modules and the recently completed projects having as a core component research and development of autonomous systems.
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- Mobile Robot
- Autonomous System
- Unman Aerial Vehicle
- Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
- Unmanned Ground Vehicle
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We would like to thank the RMIT Alumnus Leroy Clunne-Kiely, Cristhian Betancour, Enrico Ronggowarsito, Luke Payne, and Bijin Idicula for their engagement and hard work within the REEM project.
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Spichkova, M., Simic, M. (2018). Autonomous Systems Research Embedded in Teaching. In: De Pietro, G., Gallo, L., Howlett, R., Jain, L. (eds) Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services 2017. KES-IIMSS-18 2018. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 76. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59480-4_27
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