MSc Robotics & Embedded Systems (Raspberry Pi)

Robotics · Live · v0

Path type: Robotics
Requirements: Open entry
Enrollment: €9.95
Deadline: Next cohort starts 2027-09-06 (AY 2027/28)
Length: ~1 year · 48 phases
Language: English · Español
Content freshness: Curriculum updated 2026-08-22 · content rev 3856413e
Cortex Credits (CC): 126 CC
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Syllabus: View the phase syllabus

Foundations & tooling

Embedded Linux & the Pi platform

GPIO & digital output

Digital input, buttons & debouncing

PWM: dimming, tones & analog-ish output

Servo control

I2C

SPI

UART / serial

ADC & analog sensors

Temperature & environment sensors

Ultrasonic distance sensing

The IMU: accelerometer & gyroscope

DC motors & the H-bridge

Stepper motors

Displays & shift registers

FREENOVE integrated build: the sensor station

The Pi Camera & vision intro

Real-time, concurrency & robustness

Coordinate frames & rigid-body transforms

Kinematics & odometry

Robot sensing & sensor fusion

Feedback control & the PID controller

Closed-loop motion

State machines for robot behaviour

Line-following robot

Obstacle avoidance & reactive navigation

Perception with OpenCV on the Pi

Intro to ROS2 concepts

A ROS2 robot: bringing it together

Capstone: the autonomous rover

Hardening, safety & field robustness

Portal integration & what's next

Lagrangian dynamics & the manipulator equation

Newton–Euler, forward/inverse dynamics & simulation

State-space modelling, linearization & discretization

LQR & optimal control

The Kalman filter

Nonlinear estimation: the EKF & UKF

Factor graphs & nonlinear least squares

EKF-SLAM: mapping while you localize

Graph SLAM & pose-graph optimization

Sampling-based motion planning

Trajectory optimization & smoothing

Camera models & calibration

Features, matching & optical-flow tracking

Visual odometry & structure from motion

PhD capstone: the estimation–planning–control stack

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Enrolment prerequisites: A verified account and admissions-committee approval.

Professor: Vacancy available