HRO – Humanoid robots

Lectures: Matej Hoffmann, Labs: Lukáš Rustler Shubhan Patni Jason Khoury Tomáš Chaloupecký

The course focuses on “human-centered robotics”: humanoid robots and human-robot interaction. Motivated by the vision of robot companions in our homes, this course introduces humanoid robot technology and its specific challenges and opportunities: (i) design, kinematics and inverse kinematics of humanoids, (ii) multimodal sensing - vision, touch, hearing, inertial sensing, etc., (iii) walking and balancing, and (ii) grasping. The second part of the course centers on human-robot interaction (HRI), which includes physical HRI (safety aspects, collaborative robots) and cognitive/social HRI - how to design robots and behaviors to be acceptable for people.

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Ability to write computer programs in Python. Basic knowledge of robot kinematics in the span of bachelor course B3B33ROB1.

The final assesment will be composed of two components: lab assignments and final exam.

50 points for homework (assignments during comp. labs)

• At least 25 points for the homework (lab assignments) are needed before going to the final exam.

The final exam is worth 50 points. Minimum for a non-F grade is 20 points from the final exam.

Note that that you will need to fulfill the criteria specified above - collect points for assignments during the semester. Otherwise, you will not be allowed to take the final exam.

The exam will be:

• 90 minutes in duration
• a written exam
• will not be open book
• in English. If you feel more comfortable, you can answer in Czech.

Calculators will not be needed.

Tips for exam preparation:

• Attend lectures, make notes into lecture slides, ask questions.
• Attend the labs and study there materials.
• Question types from homework may appear on the exam.

F means fail.