Module overview
This module will be first offered in the 2019/20 academic year.
This module will provide a basic grounding in navigation guidance and control with particular aspects on the processing of the signals involved and overall system integration.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- System design and validation.
Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Overall system integration.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Fundamentals of the various guidance techniques and their properties.
- Position and attitude estimation.
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Examples of current and planned implementations and applications.
Syllabus
- System description and model building.
- Model validation.
- Sensing and actuating systems and their relative strengths and limitations.
- Fundamentals of classical guidance algorithms, e.g., proportional navigation and command to line of sight.
- Estimation of position and attitude.
- Introductions to autonomy.
- Guidance and navigation for autonomous systems.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures and tutorials.
Type | Hours |
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Revision | 10 |
Wider reading or practice | 54 |
Tutorial | 12 |
Completion of assessment task | 2 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 18 |
Follow-up work | 18 |
Lecture | 36 |
Total study time | 150 |
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Examination | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Examination | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Examination | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External