May 30, 2026  
2025-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Academic Catalog

CSC 515 Introduction to Robotics

Credits: 3

An introduction to mechatronic systems and embedded systems for robotics. This course will cover the basics required for autonomous mobile robotics. The course will begin with a survey of existing systems and some background mathematics. Core course topics will include electromechanical components, electronics for motor control, sensors and instrumentation, mobile robotic kinematics and movement, microcontrollers, real time computing, and embedded system design and development. Course projects will include student teams building task oriented mobile robots with emphasis on the hardware development.

Corequisites: CSC 515L 
Notes: This course is cross listed with CSC 415  and CENG 515 .


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