Elective in Robotics

Elective in Robotics 2011/2012

Marilena Vendittelli (coordinator)

Information

schedule	October 2011 - May 2012 4 hrs/week, 24 weeks, 96 hrs total (12 ECTS credits)
class time and location	Mon 8:30-10:00, 10:15-11:45, A6
coordinator office hours	Thu 14:00-16:00, room A213, DIS, Via Ariosto 25
coordinator e-mail	venditt [at] dis [dot] uniroma1 [dot] it

Audience

Students of the Master in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (MARR) at the Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica of the Università di Roma "La Sapienza". Other possible students include those of the Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria dei Sistemi (MSIR) and of the Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria Elettronica (MELR).

Objective

The course presents a selection of recent topics in advanced robotics as an introduction to work and research in the field.

Contents

The course, which gives 12 ECTS credits, is organized in 4 modules. Each module consists of a series of lectures/seminars given by internal or external researchers in the field. For 2011/2012, the modules will be the following:

Module 1 (October 3 - November 7, 2011): Locomotion and haptic interfaces for VR exploration (Alessandro De Luca)
Module 2 (November 14 - December 19, 2011): Modeling and control of a quadro-rotor UAV (Marilena Vendittelli)
Module 3 (February 27 - April 14, 2012): Least-squares estimation and SLAM (Giorgio Grisetti)
Module 4 (April 16 - May 12, 2012): Analysis and Control of Multi-Robot Systems (Paolo Robuffo Giordano, Giuseppe Oriolo).

For additional details and material, access the webpage of the individual modules by following the above links, which will be activated in due time.

Prerequisites

A general background in robotics (kinematics, dynamics, planning, control), as given for example in Robotics 1, Robotics 2, and Autonomous and Mobile Robotics, is desirable but not mandatory.

Grading

To obtain 12 credits for Elective in Robotics (EiR) it is necessary to complete the 4 modules that make up EiR. To complete a single module, after attending classes, one may either give a presentation on a certain topic (based on technical papers) or complete a small project (typically involving simulations). Altogether, each student should give two (2) presentations and complete two (2) projects. A grade will be assigned based on an average of the single grades. To register the final grade, sign-up via Infostud is required.

For each module a lists of projects will be provided in due time by the relative instructor. All the projects must be completed within December 2012.

Master Theses at the Robotics Laboratory

Master Theses on the topics studied in this course are available at the Robotics Laboratory. More information can be found here.

Questions/comments: venditt [at] dis [dot] uniroma1 [dot] it