Information Package / Course Catalogue
Autonomous Systems
Course Code: RYZ108
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to teach the theory of autonomous mobile robots, to provide practical work on autonomous mobile robot construction, to introduce the subsystems and components of autonomous robots, to teach movement techniques, to explain the working principles and components of drive and motion transmission systems, to teach the mathematical theory of trajectory planning, to explain the applications related to trajectory planning, to explain control strategies for mobile robots, to explain new technologies and application areas in mobile and autonomous robots, to enable students to put their theoretical knowledge into practice by designing mobile robots.

Course Content

The Autonomous Systems course is designed as a robotics course. The main subject of the course is autonomous mobile robots. These include concepts such as wheeled, limbed, humanoid, marine and aerial robots, sensing methods and hardware, visual and non-visual and control, single robots and multi-robot systems, trajectory planning and applications, localization, navigation, mapping and robotic learning.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Merve MUTİ İSTEK
Learning Outcomes
1.Recognize autonomous systems.
2.Knows the basic components of the autonomous system.
3.Be able to recognize autonomous system applications and have preliminary knowledge about advanced applications.
4.Recognize the mechanical and electrical components of autonomous systems.
5.Knows professional software and simulation applications.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.G. Dudek, M. Jenkin, “Computational Principles of Mobile Robots”, Cambridge, 2000, ISBN: 978-521-56876-0.
2.G. A. Bekey, “Autonomous Robots: From Biologically Inspiration to Implementation and Control”,MIT, 2005, ISBN: 0-262-02578-7.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition of Autonomous System
Week 2 - Theoretical
Wheeled Robots
Week 3 - Theoretical
Limbed Robots
Week 4 - Theoretical
Other Types of Movement
Week 5 - Theoretical
Engines, Gears and Mechanisms
Week 6 - Theoretical
Non-Visual Perception
Week 7 - Theoretical
Computer Vision Systems and Visual Perception
Week 8 - Theoretical
Trajectory Planning
Week 9 - Theoretical
Localization, Navigation and Mapping
Week 10 - Theoretical
Control Strategies for Mobile Robots
Week 11 - Theoretical
Robotics Learning
Week 12 - Theoretical
Multi Robot Control
Week 13 - Theoretical
Autonomous Driving Systems
Week 14 - Theoretical
Current Autonomous System Applications
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment3026
Individual Work140228
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)78
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026