This course really helps you in
discovering what field of robotics you
really like because you get an
understanding of everything. I saw a
whole different side of robotics that I had no idea bout. So it tells us about vision
about intelligence about
planning about control. The course is
structured into three big compulsory
chunks and then some optional chunks and a
research chunk. In the compulsory chunk
what you're doing is you learn, first of all,
modern theory of how to control mobile robots
then you also have to know how to get
robots to see. So we have a course
specifically on robot vision and then
the third thing we have is a course, we
call it advanced robotics, but what it is
in specifically is it's a course on
manipulative robotics.
An average day in the first semester
was actually, there were much more lectures
almost 3-4 hours a day, after the lectures most of the time
I think almost everyone spends their time
in the labs working on the robots in the
second semester the lectures were much more relaxed we had just
two modules. Then you'll do a project you'll do a little project and you will do a big
project later on and also you can pick
some other options, so for example you can pick
modules on things like intelligent machine learning
methods, data analysis.
We ended up creating a
security card robot so by the end of the
third experiment then he was able to
navigate through the corridors in this
department and she could detect if any
of the doors or any of the doors that
were not supposed to be open are left
open. You see your lines of code bring life to a robot. That's great.
You are guided at every step and you
guided in such a way that they are not
spoon feeding you but they are letting
you grow on your own and you can think
you can  do what you want to do.
It's unbelievable how much they offer I've
never had a previous experience of such
interaction with an academic.
My Masters project has a visual slam
simultaneous localization and mapping
using an avian drone actually to create
a map and also localize itself. If you're
interested in robotics this is the course for you.
It will be fun and exciting but it's going to be a little hectic.
No regrets so far its reached more than
my expectations actually. I chose the University
of Birmingham because it definitely has
its own reputation. The place is so
beautiful it just keeps blowing my mind
every day. It's really hard to put
together a master's program where you
can really go every single person who is 
teaching you is one of the top people
in the world in that particular thing
and yet also get the coverage and that's
what's really good about it.
