Course code: wb2433-03

Course name: Humanoid Robots

This concerns a Course

ECTS credit points: 3

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology

Section of Man-Machine Systems

Lecturer(s): M. Wisse, R.Q. van der Linde, P. Jonker, P. van Lith, M. Verhaegen

Tel.:  015 - 27 86585

Catalog data:

Humanoid Robots, Robotics, Vision systems,  Walking robots, Haptics, Robot Soccer

Course year:

MSc 1^st year

Semester:

2A

Hours per week:

4

Other hours:

Assessment:

Oral exam

Assessment period:

2A

(see academic calendar)

Prerequisites (course codes):

BSc. requirements

Follow up (course codes):

Detailed description of topics:

Humanoid robots are the research topic of the future, and partially already today. This course is organized around the central problem in humanoid robot design; they must operate fully autonomously. This results in design constraints such as energy efficiency and autonomous control. The course will treat the following topics:

• Introduction

• Legged locomotion

• perception

• vision

• control

• collaborating robots (i.e. robot soccer)

• applications

Course material:

• Reader (not yet available)

References from literature:

Remarks assessment, entry requirements, etc.:

The students are required to have a personal interest and motivation for robotics.

Learning goals:

The students are intended to obtain an overview of the engineering topics that are involved in the design of autonomous robots, and be able to recognize the major design constraints and solutions for autonomous applications.

Computer use:

Laboratory project(s):

Design content:

Percentage of design:  25%