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2025-2026 / GERE0026-1

Autonomous navigation in the natural environment

Duration

18h Th, 18h Pr, 6h AUTR

Number of credits

 Master in environmental bioengineering, professional focus4 crédits 

Lecturer

Benoît Mercatoris

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is structured around the following topics:

  • Robotics foundations: kinematics and dynamics, position and orientation estimation, motion planning and control;
  • Specific design: mobile wheeled robots;
  • Environment measurement and perception: inertial sensors, satellite navigation systems, range sensing, image-based navigation, multi-sensor data fusion;
  • Movement in a natural environment: SLAM, obstacle avoidance, modelling and control of mobile wheeled robots;
  • Robotics in agriculture and forestry: state of the art and current issues;
  • Programming a robot with ROS.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

After completing the course the student is expected to:

  • Integrate different measurments to estimate the position and orientation of a robot in its environment;
  • Locate a robot and map its environment;
  • Model and control the motion of a mobile wheeled robot;
  • Program a robot in the ROS language;
  • Understand and discuss current issues in autonomous navigation in natural environments.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basic notions in mechanics, system dynamics and instrumentation

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theoretical courses and practical work

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

benoit.mercatoris@uliege.be

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