Laboratory for Computational Sensing + Robotics | Robotics …

The field of Robotics integrates sensing, information processing, and movement to accomplish specific tasks in the physical world. As such, it encompasses several topics, including mechanics and dynamics, kinematics, sensing, signal processing, control systems, planning, and artificial intelligence. Applications of these concepts appear in many areas including medicine, manufacturing, space exploration, disaster recovery, ordinance disposal, deep-sea navigation, home care, and home automation.

The faculty of the Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR), in collaboration with the academic departments and centers of the Whiting School of Engineering, offers a Robotics Minor in order to provide a structure in which undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins University can advance their knowledge in robotics while receiving recognition on their transcript for this pursuit. The minor is not owned by any one department, but rather it is managed by the LCSR itself. Any student from any department within the university can work toward the minor.

Robotics is fundamentally integrative and multidisciplinary. Therefore, any candidate for the Robotics Minor must cover a set of core skills that cut across these disciplines, as well as obtain advanced supplementary skills.

Core skills include the following:

Supplementary advanced skills may be obtained in specialized applications such as space, medicine, or marine systems or in one of the three core areas listed above.

The full minor course listing (see below) lists which courses fill these requirements. Note that ALL core areas must be filled, but that ANY advanced/supplementary courses can be chosen from the list. This allows students to strike a balance between breadth and depth.

If you are interested in declaring a Robotics minor, please contact Alison Morrow.

An undergraduate qualifies for the minor provided he or she has taken at least 18 credits (at the 300 level or above, with a C- or above) from an approved list of courses (provided on the Robotics Minor website), with the following requirements and restrictions:

Undergraduates interested in completing the minor must be assigned a minor advisor. The advisor is responsible for helping the student choose courses and helps to ensure all requirements for the minor are met. The minor advisors are listed below:

Below are sample curricula for ME, CS, ECE and BME majors. These sample curricula were designed to highlight certain requirements:

Note: these are just samples. For the full list of requirements see Overview, above. For a complete list of courses, see Robotics Minor Courses, below. A sample Mechanical Engineering Student Robotics Minor:

A sample Computer Science Student Robotics Minor:

A sample Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Robotics Minor:

A sample Biomedical Engineering Student Robotics Minor:

The minor is managed by faculty of the the LCSR in collaboration with academic departments and centers of the Whiting School of Engineering. If you have suggestions or questions regarding the minor, please direct them to Prof. Noah Cowan.

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