B.E. (Automation and Robotics) Autonomous Vehicles Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first and second years are NEP 2020 syllabi; the third and fourth years are still examined on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for them this year.
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Syllabus for Autonomous Vehicles
Module 1: Introduction
- Introduction to Autonomous Vehicles /Self Driving cars (SDC), Benefits of SDCs, Challenges in Current Deployment. Levels of Autonomy
Module 2: Sensors in Autonomous Vehicles
- Camera (3D and stereo), LiDAR, Sensor Fusion Passive Perception with Sonar and Millimeter Wave Radar Vehicle-to-Everything Infrastructure
Module 3
- In-Vehicle Communication Systems CAN: Introduction and architecture CAN open: Introduction and architecture FlexRay protocol: Introduction and architecture Introduction to Operating System for SDC’s
Module 4: Perception and Localization in SDC
- Introduction to Computer vision in SDC. Artificial eyes VS human eyes. Four pillars of autonomous driving: Perception, Localization, Planning and Control. Perception: Object Detection and Line Lane detection Object/ obstacle Detection: Comparison of 2D and 3D object detection. Overview of ML algorithms for obstacle detection-Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG), Support Vector Machine (SVM). Object detection using deep learning algorithm: Architecture of YOLO Line Lane Detection: Introduction to Semantic Segmentation, architecture, overview of different semantic segmentation architecture. (b) will be from any module other than module 3)
Textbooks
- 1 Sumit Ranjan, Dr. S. Senthamilarasu - Applied Deep Learning and Computer Vision for Self- Driving Cars , Packt Publishing Ltd. 2020.
- 2 Shaoshan Liu, Liyun Li , Jie Tang, Shuang Wu, Jean-Luc Gaudiot - Creating Autonomous Vehicle System , Second Edition , Morgan & Claypool Publishers , 2018.
- 3 William Ribbens - Understanding- Automotive-Electronics , Butterworth-Heinemann Publisher , Fifth Edition, 1998.
- 1 Markus Maurer ,J. Christian Gerdes, Barbara Lenz , Hermann Winner - Autonomous Driving Technical, Legal, Social Aspects , Springer Open, 2015.
- 2 Shaoshan Liu - Engineering Autonomous Vehicles and Robots, Wiley, 2020. U University of Mumbai E-Resources:
- 1 Open Innovation in EVs: A case study of Tesla Motors https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:635929/FULLTEXT01.pdf
- 2 Autonomous vehicles Research report by MRCagney https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nxROagqwDKUpVMDLFPPgG7_DKaku yItf
- 3 Reinventing Safety: A Joint Approach to Automated Driving Systems Mercedes Benz and Bosch https://www.daimler.com/documents/innovation/other/vssa-mercedes-benz and- bosch.pdf Online Courses
- 1 https://digitaldefynd.com/best-self-driving-cars-courses/
- 2 https://www.classcentral.com/course/intro-self-driving-cars-13140 U University of Mumbai
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Automation and Robotics) under REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2024-25. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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