There exist different methodologies for controlling robots. The aim of this course is to achieve a knowledge about these methodologies and their applicability under given circumstances. We will put emphasis on adaptive and autonomous robots that can be developed e.g. by means of the behavior-based approach to robotics. We will investigate different sensors that the robot can use to obtain stimuli from the environment and actuators that the robot can use to respond to the stimuli.
It is a practical course where students will be divided into groups of 2-3, each group will be handed a robot (a Khepera robot ), and become able to develop appropriate controllers for their robot (including participating in the final project of developing robot behaviour for participation in the Danish championship in robot soccer.
Lecturer
Ole Caprani
Literature
notes and articles. Valentino Braitenberg's "Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology", MIT Press, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1984 (ISBN 0-262-52112-1 paper)
Course Language
Danish or English
Credits
2 points/10 ECTS