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What are the thesis guidelines

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Word processor

We believe that the best way to write a technical paper is by using LaTeX. Therefore, we provide a LaTeX template for you which you can download at the end of this page. Furthermore, we recommend the lecture notes form Prof. O’Leary’s lecture “Engineering and Scientific Documentation” for a basic introduction in writing technical papers and LaTeX. At this point we would like to thank Prof. O’Leary for allowing us to link to his lecture notes.

Text structure

There are no general guidelines for text structure. Since each thesis is unique, the structure will be discussed in detail with the supervisor. The same applies to the scope of the paper. A basic setup is nevertheless available in the LaTeX-template.

Language

Basically, you can write your thesis in German or English. However, you have to coordinate this with your supervisor, since we also have international staff at our chair who support your work and can do this better in English.

Realization of the thesis

For Bachelor’s theses, the total duration of the work should be approximately 3 months and concludes with the presentation of the thesis to the chair staff. Master’s theses should take about 6 months. Within the scope of the thesis, you have to make an interim presentation at the chair, as well as a final presentation within the scope of the master’s examination. More details can be found in the article “Completion of the master’s program”.

 

Template and Script

LaTeX-template
“Engineering and Scientific Documentation” by Prof. Paul O’Leary

How to write a thesis at the chair of cyber-physical systems

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What is a bachelor or a master thesis?

At the end of your bachelor or master studies you have to write a thesis. In case of the bachelor’s study programme your workload should be around 180 to 200 netto work hours (7.5 ECTS credits) and your master’s thesis workload should be around 600 to 650 netto work hours (25 ECTS credits). In these theses, you as a student should independently research the topic and prove your scientific problem-solving strategies. To solve this difficult task, we will help you with our expertise.

What are the requirements to write a thesis?

The bachelor’s programme at MUL requires that you have already completed the courses of the first four semesters to start your thesis. The prerequisite for writing your master’s thesis is to be enrolled in a master’s programme.

How do I get a thesis at the chair of cyber-physical systems?

First, you can check our homepage to see if you find a topic that interests you. If this is not the case, you can contact our chair and propose your own topic. In any case, you should ask for a personal appointment at the secretary’s office so that possible questions or topics can be discussed.

Important Information

If you want to write your thesis at the chair of cyber-physical systems, do not start writing the thesis until it is approved by the chair. Otherwise, it is possible that your topic can change during writing.
At University of Leoben we have a guideline for good scientific practice, therefore the university wants you to stick to this practice.
Finally, the chair of cyber-physical systems has an internal guideline for the implementation of a thesis. More about this on the wiki article “thesis guideline”.

 

Getting started with LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3

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What can you do with the LEGO robot sets?

The LEGO Mindstorms Education EV3 sets can be used in different scenarios. They offer a quick and easy introduction into robot control, motion planning and visual navigation from depth images with Python. One can assemble the robots in various ways with different sensors and motors depending on the desired task. 

For more information go to Robot LEGO Robotics EV3 Dev!

Prerequisites

First of all a development set is necessary. At the chair of Cyber-Physical Systems we have five sets available for students. The implementation of the python code and connection to the EV3 can be done with Visual Studio Code and the extension LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 MicroPython. The EV3 bricks are equipped with a micro-SD card on which the Micropython Image is installed. A more detailed installation guide is provided on GitHub.

Example - Motor control

In the following is an example python code to control a motor with the EV3. At the beginning the motor has to be initialized with the corresponding port (line 8). There are two different ways to control a motor. First, one can set a desired acceleration and target position to run the motor (line 11). Or one can set the desired acceleration and let the motor run until it is stopped by a command (line 17-23). 

Demo

If you want to get the python code or if you are interested in other example codes go to our GitHub repository. 

Adding a New Post Guidelines

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Clone an Existing Post

The best strategy is to clone an existing post. Filter all post by your target category. Select a post and clone it. 

Avoid Editing Simultaneously with Others a Post

Whenever you see the lock symbol, be careful. Contact the user first before you start editing the post. 

Click on Edit and Select the Categories & Featured Image

In the right panel, you see the categories list (left image below) and the featured image tab. 

Click on the publish button once you are done. 

User Proper Filenames for Images

Please always give your images a proper filename. That will make it easier for all to reuse images. 

 

Publish Your Post

Press the Publish button on the top right to save your post. Afterwards edit the content by pressing on the Elementor button in the center. 

Edit the Post in Elementor

We use the Elementor plugin to format our content. 

Use Titles, Inner Sections, Text Fields, Images, Videos and Shortcodes to present your content.

Adding Selected Publications to the Post

You can add publications to your post by pasting the following code into a shortcode element, enclosed by the parentheses [your code]

tplist include=”2,55,86″ entries_per_page=”5000″ image=”right” image_size=”150″ image_link=”self” template=”tp_template_2016″ link_style=”direct” as_filter=”true”

Make sure that you add the enclosing parentheses []!

The publication ids can be found in the publication list.