MTRN3100 Robot Design (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.9/5 overall across 3 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
MTRN3100 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 机器人设计
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Mobile robotic systems play an increasingly important role in modern societies. MTRN3100 aims at developing skills on how to design and implement the capabilities of a mobile robotic platform.
MTRN3100 has 3 scored reviews: overall 3.9/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.9/5).
On Reddit: "So for the sake of documentation, 3100 is a group passed “robot building” course. They gave us a randomly assigned group, a pre designed pcb that needed header pins soldered onto it. An Arduino nano, imu, display and motor driver with 2 motors with build in encoders. You then de…"
On Reddit: "Hey, it was alright. I think most groups did horribly in the final demonstration for 3100, so it was really hard to get high marks for the course, but the workload was actually not bad. 4230 is pretty hard, especially the final project, but if you get a good group for 3100 and s…"
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Q: Is MTRN3100 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 3 reviews: overall 3.9/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MTRN3100, and when is it offered?
A: MTRN3100 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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