Lectures are delivered by Matej Hoffmann.
Location and time: E301 (Charles Square), Wednesdays, 12:45-14:15.
We'll do our best to post the PDF of the slides on this page before each lecture.
Books and online resources will be referenced throughout the lectures - typically on the last lecture slide.
| date | week nr. | content |
|---|---|---|
| 18.02.2026 | 1 | Humanoid robots - motivation, history, presence, future. Rules of the game (grading, assignments, etc.). |
| 25.02.2026 | 2 | Humanoids - Design, Human biomechanics vs. Engineering design, Kinematics of humanoids. |
| 4.03.2026 | 3 | Humanoids - Differential Kinematics, Inverse diff. kinematics, Singularities, Manipulability, Gaze control. |
| 11.03.2026 | 4 | Manipulation and grasping. |
| 18.03.2026 | 5 | Will data solve robotics? Foundation models / vision-language action models. |
| 25.03.2026 | 6 | Sensors for humanoids and artificial skins. |
| 01.04.2026 | 7 | Human-Robot Interaction - Introduction. |
| 08.04.2026 | 8 | Social Human-Robot Interaction I. |
| 15.04.2026 | 9 | Social Human-Robot Interaction II. |
| 22.04.2026 | 10 | Physical Human-Robot Interaction I. Legislation and standards. Speed and separation monitoring. |
| 29.04.2026 | 11 | Physical Human-Robot Interaction II. Human injury. Impact modeling. Power and force limiting. |
| 6.05.2026 | 12 | Event-based and neuromorphic vision. (Giulia D'Angelo) |
| 13.05.2025 | (13) | No Lecture - Rector's Day |
| 20.05.2026 | 14 | Lessons from babies for robots. |