Modular AI and robotics learning

Teaching products organised from foundations to advanced embodied-intelligence practice.

This modular architecture is independently written from the subject categories and example courses shown in Shenlan Academy’s current course catalogue. CIRC can use the framework to shape school, university, professional-learning and laboratory programmes; it does not reproduce the original course materials or claim ownership of Shenlan Academy’s courses.

Students participating in an advanced humanoid robotics teaching module
Teaching Products · CIRC project-based learning

Foundation to advanced

Theory and practice

Modular delivery

Portfolio evidence

Module 01 / Embodied Intelligence and Robotics

Embodied Intelligence and Humanoid Robotics

A progressive product family covering humanoid motion, manipulation, grasping, perception–decision–control integration and vision–language–action systems.

Humanoid robotics motion-control and manipulation teaching laboratory

01

Humanoid Robot Motion Control

Develop the mechanics, control and engineering understanding needed to model, stabilise and command humanoid movement.

02

Robot Grasping and Manipulation

Compare classical planning and perception pipelines with end-to-end methods through structured manipulation projects.

03

VLA Manipulation Studio

Explore supervised fine-tuning, deployment and strategy improvement for vision–language–action systems in a controlled laboratory context.

Module 02 / Quadruped Robotics

Quadruped Robotics: Dynamics to Reinforcement Learning

A specialist pathway linking physical modelling, control, simulation, reinforcement learning and careful real-platform validation.

Students studying quadruped robot dynamics, simulation and reinforcement learning

01

Dynamics and locomotion

Build understanding of forces, contact, gait, stability and the physical assumptions underlying quadruped motion.

02

Simulation and learning

Create repeatable simulation experiments, define reward and observation structures and compare learning behaviour.

03

Safe transfer and testing

Move from simulation to supervised physical trials while documenting parameter sensitivity, failure and safety controls.

Module 03 / Large Models and Agents

Large Language Models, RAG and Agent Engineering

A software product line moving from model foundations to retrieval systems, tool-using agents and modern AI-assisted development workflows.

Learners developing large-language-model, retrieval and AI agent applications

01

Large Language Model Foundations

Study attention and Transformer architecture through theory, implementation exercises and a small-model development pathway.

02

Industrial RAG and Agent Applications

Design retrieval, grounding, evaluation and tool-use workflows for chat, knowledge and task-oriented applications.

03

Vibe Coding to Engineering Harness

Progress from prompting and AI-assisted coding towards specification-driven development, testing and reproducible software workflows.

Module 04 / Autonomous Driving and Vision

Computer Vision, BEV Perception and Autonomous Systems

A perception-focused product line combining computer vision, multi-sensor reasoning and the engineering context of autonomous systems.

Computer vision and autonomous-driving perception teaching laboratory

01

Computer Vision Foundations

Develop image-processing, representation, detection, segmentation and evaluation knowledge through practical experiments.

02

BEV Perception

Examine bird’s-eye-view perception concepts, representative algorithm families, data flows and implementation choices.

03

Autonomous-System Integration

Connect perception outputs to localisation, planning, simulation and safety-aware system evaluation.

Module 05 / Artificial Intelligence Foundations

AI Foundations and Core Learning Disciplines

A foundation-to-advanced pathway across artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, intelligent speech and model deployment.

Students learning artificial intelligence foundations and model evaluation

01

Machine Learning

Data preparation, supervised and unsupervised approaches, experimental design, metrics, generalisation and responsible interpretation.

02

NLP and Intelligent Speech

Language and speech representation, sequence models, recognition, generation, evaluation and human-centred application.

03

Model Compression and Deployment

Efficiency, quantisation, distillation, runtime constraints, hardware awareness and validation after deployment.

Module 06 / Mathematics and Engineering

Robotics Software, SLAM, Drones and Engineering Foundations

Supporting products that give learners the mathematical, programming and systems knowledge required for dependable AI and robotics work.

Robotics engineering workbench with programming, SLAM, drones and embedded systems

01

C++ and Engineering Programming

Move from syntax to memory, abstraction, debugging and software design practices used in robotics and high-performance AI systems.

02

SLAM and Spatial Intelligence

Study sensing, mapping, localisation, estimation, optimisation and evaluation through simulation and robotics exercises.

03

Drones, Computational Imaging and Mathematics

Develop supporting knowledge in flight systems, imaging pipelines, geometry, linear algebra, probability and optimisation.

Delivery architecture

Teaching products can be assembled for different audiences

Foundation

Concept and guided practice

Structured lessons, notebooks or simulation introduce the underlying ideas and establish common technical language.

Progression

Applied laboratory projects

Learners integrate code, data and hardware through bounded tasks with milestones and repeatable tests.

Advanced

Research and deployment studio

Teams investigate a specialised system, evaluate limitations and produce a technical portfolio or demonstrator.

Capability

Teacher and facilitator support

Planning, equipment setup, teaching guidance, assessment and troubleshooting resources enable sustainable delivery.

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