Lectures

Lectures are delivered by Matej Hoffmann.

Location and time: E301 (Charles Square), Tuesdays, 12:45-14:15.

PDF of the slides will be posted on this page after each lecture.

Books and online resources will be referenced throughout the lectures - typically on the last lecture slide.

Lecture plan

date	week nr.	content
20.02.2024	1	Humanoid robots - motivation and history. Rules of the game (grading, assignments, etc.). hro1_2024_motivationhistory.pdf
27.02.2024	2	Humanoids - Design, Human biomechanics vs. Engineering design, Kinematics of humanoids. hro2_2024_kinematics1.pdf
5.03.2024	3	Humanoids - Differential Kinematics, Inverse diff. kinematics, Singularities, Manipulability, Gaze control. hro3_2024_kinematics2.pdf
12.03.2024	4	Sensors for humanoids and artificial skins. hro4_2024_sensorsforhumanoidsandartificialskins.pdf
19.03.2024	5	Grasping. hro5_2024_grasping.pdf
26.03.2024	6	Human-Robot Interaction - Introduction.hro6_2024_hri_intro.pdf
02.04.2024	7	Physical Human-Robot Interaction I. Legislation and standards. Speed and separation monitoring. hro7_2024_phri.pdf
09.04.2024	8	Physical Human-Robot Interaction II. Human injury. Impact modeling. Power and force limiting. hro8_2024_phri_ii.pdf
16.04.2024	9	Lessons from babies for robots. (Sergiu Popescu) hro9_popescu_sixlessonsfrombabies.pdf
23.04.2024	10	Social Human-Robot Interaction I. hro10_2024_socialhri_i.pdf
30.04.2024	11	Social Human-Robot Interaction II. hro11_2024_socialhri_ii.pdf
7.05.2024	12	Humanoids walking - Guest lecture by Prof. Sergej Celikovsky. hro12_humanoidswalking_2024.pdf
14.05.2024	(13)	No lecture, Rector's day
21.05.2024	14	Developmental robotics - machine learning and AI. (Valentin Marcel) hro14_developmentalrobotics_2024.pdf