Robots among us

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Assess the use of risk management processes to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks (the effects of uncertainty) associated with a particular project or activity
• Analyse various inclusive approaches to engineering practice and recognise the responsibilities, benefits and importance of supporting equality, diversity and inclusion in a given sociotechnical context
• Identify and analyse ethical concerns and make reasoned arguments about ethical choices informed by professional codes of conduct
• Communicate effectively on complex engineering matters with technical and non-technical audiences, evaluating the effectiveness of the various methods that are used

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Navigate, search and critique the scientific literature, national and international standards and national and international guidelines that govern robot safety and legal operation
• Select and critically evaluate technical literature and other sources of information to solve complex problems

Partial CEng Programme Level Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of information to address complex problems
• Identify and analyse ethical concerns and make reasoned ethical choices informed by professional codes of conduct
• Adopt an inclusive approach to engineering practice and recognise the responsibilities, benefits and importance of supporting equality, diversity and inclusion
• Communicate effectively on complex engineering matters with technical and non-technical audiences
• Adopt a holistic and proportionate approach to the mitigation of security risks
• Design solutions for complex problems that meet a combination of societal, user, business and customer needs as appropriate. This will involve consideration of applicable health & safety, diversity, inclusion, cultural, societal, environmental and commercial matters, codes of practice and industry standards
• Use a risk management process to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks (the effects of uncertainty) associated with a particular project or activity
• Design solutions for complex problems that meet a combination of societal, user, business and customer needs as appropriate. This will involve consideration of applicable health & safety, diversity, inclusion, cultural, societal, environmental and commercial matters, codes of practice and industry standards

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Develop a deep understanding of the issues that govern effective human-robot interactions.
• Develop a deep understanding of ethical and policy issues that arise in robot operation.
• Develop a deep understanding of the issues that govern safe robot operation.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Evaluate the environmental and societal impact of robotic solutions to complex problems (to include the entire life-cycle of a product or process) and minimise adverse impacts
• Analyse various holistic approaches to the mitigation of security risks and assess their appropriateness given a sociotechnical context

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.