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
17.02.2025	1	Humanoid robots - motivation, history, presence. Rules of the game (grading, assignments, etc.). hro1_2025_motivationfromhistorytopresence.pdf
25.02.2025	2	Humanoids - Design, Human biomechanics vs. Engineering design, Kinematics of humanoids. hro2_2025_humanoidsdesignkinematics.pdf
4.03.2025	3	Humanoids - Differential Kinematics, Inverse diff. kinematics, Singularities, Manipulability, Gaze control. hro3_2025_kinematicsreachgaze.pdf
11.03.2025	4	Sensors for humanoids and artificial skins. hro4_2025_sensorsforhumanoidsandartificialskins.pdf
18.03.2025	5	Event-based and neuromorphic vision. (Giulia D'Angelo) hro5_2025_eventbasedandneuromorphicvision.pdf
25.03.2025	6	Humanoids walking. (Sergej Celikovsky) hro6_2025_walkingintro_hoffmann.pdf hro6_2025_walkingcelikovsky.pdf
01.04.2025	7	Grasping.
08.04.2025	8	Human-Robot Interaction - Introduction.
15.04.2025	9	Physical Human-Robot Interaction I. Legislation and standards. Speed and separation monitoring.
22.04.2025	10	Physical Human-Robot Interaction II. Human injury. Impact modeling. Power and force limiting.
29.04.2025	11	Social Human-Robot Interaction I. (guest Oswald Berthold from flatcat)
6.05.2025	(12)	No Lecture (Thursday's schedule).
13.05.2025	13	Social Human-Robot Interaction II.
20.05.2025	14	Lessons from babies for robots. (Sergiu Popescu)