The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context. One homework and one class period is devoted to the ethics of designing robots and the impact of robotic design on society. A recongition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning. The course material distributed does not contain all of the information necessary to solve the autonomous mobile robot problem. The students are encouraged to seek out additional information via the Internet and the library.
Relevant books are on reserve in the library.
The software code to make succesful robots is not given to the students. They must delve into the literature to seek out hints on how to make robots work. The design reports will have bibliographies, citing various literature that was used to complete the project. A knowledge of contemporary issues. Local and international robot competitions are linked to the course web site.