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.

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.