SECTION 6 – ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING SPECIALISED DEGREES
BSc Robotics and Intelligent Devices CAO Code: MH306 | CAO Points 2021: 362 CAO Code: MH306 CAO Points 2021: 362 CAO Points Range 2020: 361-565 Places 2021: 30 Duration: 4 years
Erasmus/Study Abroad Option: Subject to availability Mature Applicants: See p. 208 UK, EU & International Applicants: See p. 214 QQI Link: See p. 210 Placement Option: Yes – subject to availability
>Robotics > and Intelligent Devices focuses on the design, implementation, and use of intelligent physical things in the
Leaving Certificate: 2H5 & 4O6/H7, Irish, English & O3/H7 Mathematics
Why choose this degree? >You > will have the opportunity to work with multiple robotic and
environment. These include robots, autonomous vehicles,
intelligent device platforms and you will develop a portfolio of
smart sensors, and internet-of-things devices. In the modern
projects over the course of your degree programme.
world, many of these things are the basis for brand new services or service improvements in areas such as health and wellbeing, assistive living, safety, smart manufacturing, retail and hospitality, among others. >In > addition to strong software skills, students completing the degree in Robotics and Intelligent Devices will develop strong competencies in systems and knowledge of how systems fit together, through areas such as electronic hardware design, signal processing and system control. >Blending > Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, we focus on adding intelligence to every day systems and developing robots that can interact with humans and our
>You > will be taught by world-class experts in the area of robotics, mobile communications, biomedical diagnostics and technologies. >You > have an interest in some or all of the following: smart homes and smart cities, enabling assisted living in the home, mobile phone and communications technology, collaborative robotics, the use of devices in the medical world including prosthetics and the latest developments in car design. >Students > will combine their work in hardware and software, equipping them with a blend of skills which will lead them to work on items such as music devices, physical computer interfaces, mobile phones, healthcare systems and more.
environment. Through project work, students will explore
Options after graduation?
robotics and intelligent devices and may focus their project
>The > development of Robotics, AI, and intelligent device
work throughout the programme in a specific area of their
technologies is progressing at a rapid pace and creating
interest or blend thematic areas.
demand for new skills. Employment opportunities may
>There > is a transfer pathway from 1st year MH306 Robotics &
be found in sectors such as manufacturing, food science,
Intelligent Devices to 2nd year MH304 Engineering. Students
pharmaceuticals, healthcare, energy, communications, research
must attain 50% in Mathematics and pass the year. There is
and less obvious areas such as finance.
no limit on places.
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