Robotics is the science of building devices that physically interact with their environment. The most useful robots do it precisely, powerfully, repeatedly, tirelessly, fast, or some combinations of these. The most interesting robots maybe even do it intelligently. This course will cover the fundamentals of robotics, focusing on both the mind and the body. Student will learn about two core robot classes: kinematic chains (robot arms) and mobile bases. For both robot types, the course introduces methods to reason about 3-dimensional space and relationships between coordinate frames. For robot arms, we will use these to model the task of delivering a payload to a specified location. For mobile robots, we will introduce concepts for autonomous navigation in the presence of obstacles. Students will make use of ROS - the open-source Robot Operating System widely used in both research and industry. Computer requirements for working on the projects will include a computer set up with Ubuntu Linux.

Temps présentiel : 35 heures

Charge de travail étudiant : 65 heures

Méthode(s) d'évaluation : Examen final, Projets