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Robotics

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Giusti A.

Course director

Mantegazza D.

Assistant

Nava M.

Assistant

Description

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Provide a broad, general overview of the fundamental problems, and of their standard solution, in autonomous mobile robotics and arm robotics.

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course covers the following topics: - 2D and 3D pose representation and transformations - Workspace, C-Space, Degrees of Freedom - Kinematics for arms and wheeled robots - Feedback-based control - Sensors - Localization, Mapping, SLAM - Path planning Lab sessions will provide basic working knowledge of the ROS software framework (adopted by most research and industry labs worldwide) and whenever possible, hands-on experience with real robots.

 

LEARNING METHODS

Lectures, Live coding and demonstrations, Projects, Assignments

 

EXAMINATION INFORMATION

  • 3 graded homework assignments on lab topics
  • Final exam (and if possible midterm) on theory topics

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