Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2026-27

This course belongs to the "Physics" subject area of ¿¿the basic training module and is taught in the first semester of the second year. Its objective is to introduce Newtonian mechanics applied to rigid bodies, continuing and expanding upon the mechanics knowledge acquired in the first-year course, Physical Foundations of Engineering I.

The course aims to equip students with methods and strategies for solving problems in the kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies, both in two and three dimensions, along with an introduction to mechanical vibrations. The knowledge imparted will allow students to understand and assimilate the concepts of these areas of mechanics as they relate to Robotics Engineering.

Students are assumed to have the knowledge acquired in the first-year courses, Physical Foundations of Engineering I and Foundations of Applied Mathematics I and II.

The course consists of various in-person and online activities. In-person activities include lectures and practical problem-solving and laboratory sessions. All activities will involve both individual and group work. The activities corresponding to the theory and practical problem classes will be carried out in the classroom, while the practical laboratory classes will be carried out in the computer room.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes / Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2026-27

General Competences (CG)

  • CG1 : Saber resolver problemas de ingeniería aplicando conocimientos de matemáticas, física, química, informática, diseño, sistemas mecánicos, eléctricos, electrónicos y automáticos para establecer soluciones viables en el ámbito de la titulación.

 

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE2 : Entender y saber aplicar en problemas de ingeniería los fundamentos físicos en los que se basa la ingeniería de la robótica: estática, cinemática, dinámica, mecánica, termodinámica, electromagnetismo y circuitos eléctricos.

 

Transversal Competences

  • CT1 : Capacidades informáticas e informacionales.
  • CT2 : Ser capaz de comunicarse correctamente tanto de forma oral como escrita.
  • CT3 : Capacity to analyse and synthesise.
  • CT4 : Capacity for organisation and planning.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2026-27

  • To acquire the necessary skills for basic training in rigid body mechanics, which all university graduates specializing in the technical field of robotics engineering should possess.
  • To gain a general understanding of the fundamentals of rigid body kinematics and dynamics and mechanical vibrations, as well as their application to problem-solving.
  • To acquire the ability to model and obtain the kinematic and dynamic properties of mechanical systems composed of rigid bodies.
  • To acquire the ability to solve rigid body kinematics problems, applying the laws of velocity and acceleration fields, as well as rigid body dynamics problems, primarily applying the equations of dynamics.

 

 

General

Code: 33712
Lecturer responsible:
Beléndez Vázquez, Augusto
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,20
Practical credits: 1,20
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: Physics, Systems Engineering and Sign Theory
    Area: Applied Physics
    Theoretical credits: 1,2
    Practical credits: 1,2
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

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