Robotics Degree (2nd Edition)

• Admission profile

  The recommended entry profile is high school students (Science and Technology modality) or higher training cycles in the field of electronics and automation.

• Minimum number of ECTS enrollment credits per student and school period

  The recommended entry profile is high school students (Science and Technology modality) or higher training cycles in the field of electronics and automation.

• Tutorial action and reception

  The Higher Polytechnic School of Engineering’s Tutorial Action Plan presents a set of actions that aim to guide, orient and accompany students during their university studies.
  https://www.usc.gal/gl/centro/escola-politecnica-superior-enxenaria/pla…

• Title suspension rules

  When a degree suspension occurs, the USC guarantees the adequate development of teachings that were initiated by their students until its suspension. For that, the Government Council approves the criteria related with the admission of new degree entry registration and the gradual suspension of teaching impartation, among others.
  If the suspended degree is substituted for a similar one —modifying the nature of the degree—, the new degree regulations will set the conditions to facilitate students the continuity of the new degree’s studies. These regulations will also set subject equivalences in both programs.

• Access and admission rules

  The entrance tests to the three Galician universities (Baccalaureate Evaluation for access to the University (ABAU) and for people over 25 and 45 years old) are organized by the Interuniversity Commission of Galicia (CIUG). To apply for a place, students must meet one of the following access requirements established in article 3 of RD 412/2014:
  • Have a high school diploma or equivalent and pass the university entrance test.
  • Meet the requirements for access to university in the educational systems of Member States of the European Union or other States with which Spain has signed international agreements on this matter.
  • Have passed the university entrance test for those over 25 years of age, for those over 40 years of age with work or professional experience or the test for those over 45 years of age.
  • Possess a degree in higher vocational training, teaching of plastic arts and design or higher sports technician, or equivalent qualifications.
  • Have an official university degree, master's degree or a title corresponding to the previous organization of university education (university diploma, technical architect, technical engineer, graduate, architect, engineer) or equivalent titles.
  • Have completed partial foreign or Spanish university studies, or who, upon completing foreign university studies, have not obtained their homologation in Spain and wish to continue studies at a Spanish university. In this case, it will be an essential requirement that the corresponding university recognize at least 30 ECTS credits.
  • Be able to access the university according to educational regulations prior to Organic Law 8/2013, not included in the previous sections.

  In general, there are the following access routes to the University:
  - University access test (ABAU) Once you have finished high school, in order to access a university degree, you must pass the Baccalaureate Evaluation for access to the University.
  https://ciug.gal/gal/abau
  - Access from Vocational Training If you have an official title of higher vocational training technician, higher plastic arts and design technician or higher sports technician, or titles, diplomas or studies declared equivalent or approved in the Spanish educational system, you can access to study a degree at the university. Applications will be ordered according to the average grade of the higher technical degree completed out of a maximum of 10. If you wish to improve your admission grade for degree studies, you can take the voluntary part of the ABAU test.
  https://www.usc.es/export9/sites/webinstitucional/gl/servizos/oiu/desca…
  - Access test for people over 25 years of age This test can be taken by people who are over 25 years of age in the year in which the test is held and who do not have any academic qualifications that give access to the university through another means.
  - People over 45 years of age Those over 45 years of age can study official degree qualifications after passing an adapted entrance test.
  - Access over 40 through validation of work experience.
  Access for people over 40 years of age to the Degree in Robotics Engineering through validation of the professional experience that has been designed will be carried out taking into account the suitable professional profiles and the personal interview.
  The level of professional qualification required of the applicant will be that corresponding to the professional qualifications of the professional families and levels of the National Catalogue of Professional Qualifications (CNCP), prepared by the National Institute of Qualifications (INCUAL).
  The following list of professional families and levels with access to the degree in Robotics Engineering has been established by the University:
  List of professional family members and levels with access to the degree
  · Electricity and electronics: levels 2 and 3.
  · Energy and water: levels 2 and 3.
  · Mechanical manufacturing: levels 2 and 3.
  · Computer science and communications: levels 2 and 3.
  · Facilities and maintenance: levels 2 and 3.
  · Vehicle transportation and maintenance: levels 2 and 3.

The objective of the degree in Robotics Engineering is to provide solid training to students that enables them to work in highly specialised fields related to robotics. Students are expected to develop capabilities to design innovative solutions based on solid theoretical knowledge and the application of new technologies. Training objectives of the mentions The main training objective of the Agro-Robotics mention is to provide solid training to students that will enable them to work on the modernization of the Galician primary sectors (agriculture, fishing, livestock and forestry) with a view to sustainable improvement of efficiency and profitability of farms and the generation of innovative products and services.

• Competencies

  Comp01. - Acquire the ability and graphic representation techniques for the design and interpretation of plans and diagrams.
  Comp02. - Analyse, design, represent and program algorithms, and manage the appropriate data structures oriented to problem solving within the area of robotics.
  Comp03. - Understand and know how to apply the basic fundamentals in which robotic engineering is based: statics, kinematics, dynamics, electromagnetism and electric and electronic circuits, to engineering problems.
  Comp04. - Ability to understand and apply to multiple robotic engineering problems, the mathematic fundamentals dealing with linear algebra, geometry, differential and integral calculus, differential equations, complex variable functions, numerical methods, probability calculus and statistics.
  Comp05. - Know the fundamentals and applications of digital electronics and microprocessors.
  Comp06. - Desing, build robots and program mobile robots.
  Comp07. - Analyse and understand the configuration of an automatic control system to proceed to modification or update employing the techniques available to design, set up or adjust controllers.
  Comp08. - Know the usual sensors in robotics and the methods and techniques to treat the gathered information.
  Comp09. - Ability to apply navigation, location and map building systems in robots, and be caught up with the new tendencies in robotics.
  Comp10. - Know the electrotechnics fundamentals and understand the functioning of electric machines, specially AC/DC engines, and know which are the most appropriate energy sources for fix or autonomous robots.
  Comp11. - Apply the functions and programmation of automatons in the field of robotics.
  Comp12. - Program different analysis, processing and pattern detection techniques in different types of time signals.
  Comp13. - Use and integrate operative systems and embedded systems, exploiting their multitask and communication among applications characteristics.
  Comp14. - Ability to know and implement characteristic extraction methods from the information perceived by cameras and Three-dimensional sensors, to the development of applications in robos and intelligent systems.
  Comp15. - Know the atificial intelligence techniques employed in industrial an services robotics, know how to use them on fix and mobile robotic applications.
  Comp16. - Use and implement pattern recognition and computer learning methods to the analysis of sensory data and decision making in robotic systems.
  Comp17. - Apply the network architecture principles, protocols and network technologies to robotic applications.
  Comp18. - Know the different control types to design, analyse and program robotic systems. Comp19. - Have the ability to design and project robotic systems and their industrial and service area implantation.
  Comp20. - Understand and know how to program the analysis, processing and pattern detection techniques to the different types of signals from different sensors and cameras. Comp21. - Be able to establish cooperative and multirobot robotic systems applying the approppriate techniques.
  Comp22. - Design, build and program aereal robots.
  Comp23. - Ability to design robots and intelligent systems oriented to the interaction with humans, adapted to domestics and urban environments.
  Comp24.(Internship) - Ability to adapt and apply in the professional area, a relevant subset of the skills acquired during the degree.
  Comp25.(Final Dissertation) - Development of the necessary skills to carry out an individual orginal exercise, present it and defend it before an university tribunal, consisting of a professional project in the field of specific technologies within Robotics, in which the acquired skills from the degree must be synthesized.
  Comp26. - Ability to design robots, intelligent systems, or decide on sensors and actors, on the basis of the application, requirements and environment conditions.
  Comp27. - Know and understand the detection techniques for the detection, examination and tracking of the elements within the environment of a robot, and know how to use it to develop algorithms to start those techniques.
  Comp28. - Acquire the ability and graphic representation techniques for the optimisation of the design and the simmulation of robotic systems.

Mobility

Student mobility is regulated through the “Regulation of inter-university exchange.” Exchange programmes are managed through the International Relations Office, such as national exchange programmes (SICUE) as well as Europeans (ERASMUS) and from outside the European Union (exchanges with Latin American countries or English-speaking countries):
https://www.usc.gal/gl/servizos/area/internacional

Internships

The student must take a total of 12 ECTS credits of company internships, in which they will put into practice the competencies, skills and knowledge acquired in the degree. The student will be able to choose between one of the more than 500 companies with an agreement with the EPS of Engineering that currently exist or propose another typology, it being necessary to sign an agreement between the USC and the company. During the development of their internship in a company, the student will have an academic tutor, a teacher of the degree, and a professional tutor, belonging to the company. The complete list of companies and institutions with an agreement with the EPSE for carrying out external internships can be consulted on the centre’s website:
https://www.usc.gal/es/centro/escuela-politecnica-superior-ingenieria/p…
In addition, both teachers and students may propose new agreements between the USC and other companies or institutions, it being necessary that they be signed before the students join.

• Graduates profile

  This degree is oriented to the training of students in high specialised fields within Robotics, Automatics, Communication, Computer Intelligence and Sensory Systems.
  In regard to the career opportunities, the robotics professionals often find job positions in the development of a highly specialised robotisation of the producing processes in the fields of industry and services.

With a teaching load of 12 ECTS, the Final Dissertation may be presented and defended when the students have completed all the other credits necessary to obtain the degree, that is, 228 ECTS.