# Design exercise: Robotics Systems

> Sensing, localization, mapping, planning, control, simulation, safety, real-time loops, and hardware interfaces. Implement designOutline() returning non-empty values for: perception, planningControl, safety. Each value must name a concrete mechanism or decision.

Canonical: https://learn.significanthobbies.com/curriculum/drills/practice-robotics-systems

Sensing, localization, mapping, planning, control, simulation, safety, real-time loops, and hardware interfaces. Implement designOutline() returning non-empty values for: perception, planningControl, safety. Each value must name a concrete mechanism or decision.

## The mechanism

A robot closes the loop from sensing to state estimation to planning to control. Timing, uncertainty, physical safety, and simulation-to-real gaps dominate.

## Expected evidence

A design outline with perception, planningControl, safety plus an explicit failure mode or trade-off.

## Hints

- Name the failure mode before selecting the mechanism.

## Sources and practice

- [Robotic Manipulation — Russ Tedrake (MIT 6.4210)](https://manipulation.mit.edu/)
- [Stanford Engineering Everywhere CS223A — Introduction to Robotics](https://see.stanford.edu/Course/CS223A)
- [Past, Present, and Future of Simultaneous Localization And Mapping](https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.05830)
- [Underactuated Robotics — Russ Tedrake (MIT 6.832)](https://underactuated.mit.edu/)
- [ROS 2 Documentation](https://docs.ros.org/en/rolling/)
- [Study Robotics Systems](https://learn.significanthobbies.com/curriculum/concepts/robotics-systems)
- [Try the interactive drill](https://learn.significanthobbies.com/drills/practice-robotics-systems)
- [All practice briefs](https://learn.significanthobbies.com/curriculum/drills/)