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Table of Contents

Lectures

TENTATIVE

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.

Lecture plan

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.
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