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| Period | From | To |
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| Primo semestre | Oct 3, 2022 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Secondo semestre | Mar 6, 2023 | Jun 16, 2023 |
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Mobile robotics (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S009023
Credits
6
Coordinatore
Also offered in courses
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
The teaching is organized as follows:
Teoria
Laboratorio
Learning objectives
This course presents the main issues related to control and planning techniques for mobile robotic platforms. The objective is to provide the students with the ability to design, apply and evaluate algorithms that allow mobile robotic platforms to interact with the surrounding environment by performing complex tasks with a high level of autonomy. At the end of the course the students must demonstrate to understand the fundamental concepts related to localization, trajectory planning, task planning, decision-making under uncertainty and machine learning in the context of mobile robotic platforms. Moreover, the students must demonstrate to be able to work with the main development tools for mobile robotic applications and to be able to define technical specifications for deigning and integrating software modules for mobile robotic platforms. The students must also be able to deal with professional figures to design solutions for the high level control of mobile robotic platforms and to continue the studies independently following the technical evolution in the field of mobile robotics and developing innovative approaches to improve the state of the art.
To pass the exam, students must demonstrate:
- to have understood the principles behind programming for mobile robots
- to be able to present arguments on the topics of the course in a precise and organic way without digressions
- to know how to apply the acquired knowledge to solve application problems presented in the form of exercises, questions and projects.
Prerequisites and basic notions
No specific requirements.
Program
– Kinematics and dynamics for mobile robots (e.g., non-holonomic constrain, unicycle-like model).
– Navigation for mobile robots: localization and mapping (e.g., Extended Kalman Filter SLAM), trajectory planning (e.g., navigation functions).
– Decision-making under uncertainty (e.g., Markov Decision Process) .
– Reinforcement learning for mobile robotic platforms (e.g., model-based and model free approaches, Deep RL).
– Lab: implementation of autonomous behaviors for mobile robotic platforms using state of the art development toolkits (e.g., ROS2), simulation environments for empirical evaluation (e.g., Unity), validation on simple mobile platforms (e.g., turtlebot3).
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Lectures in classrooms and in lab with mobile robotic platforms. The slides used during the lessons and other material (eg, access to code and mobile robotic platforms) will be provided.
Learning assessment procedures
The exam is composed of an oral test and a project that focuses on mobile robot programming.
Evaluation criteria
To pass the exam, students must demonstrate:
- to have understood the principles behind programming for mobile robots
- to be able to present arguments on the topics of the course in a precise and organic way without digressions
- to know how to apply the acquired knowledge to solve application problems presented in the form of exercises, questions and projects.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The final mark will be the average of the marks obtained in the oral test and in the project.
Exam language
English
Type D and Type F activities
The educational activities of type D are chosen by the student, those of type F are further knowledge useful for entering the world of work (internships, soft skills, project works, etc.). According to the Didactic Regulations of the Course, some activities can be chosen and included autonomously in the booklet, others must be approved by a special committee to verify their consistency with the study plan. Type D or F educational activities can be covered by the following activities.
1. Teachings taught at the University of Verona.
Include the teachings listed below and/or in the Course Catalogue (which can also be filtered by language of delivery via Advanced Search).
Booklet entry mode: if the teaching is included among those listed below, the student can include it autonomously during the period in which the study plan is open; otherwise, the student must submit a request to the Secretariat, sending the form to carriere.scienze@ateneo.univr.it during the period indicated.
2. CLA certificate or language equivalency.
In addition to those required by the curriculum, the following are recognized for those matriculated from A.Y. 2021/2022:
- English language: 3 CFUs are recognized for each level of proficiency above the one required by the course of study (if not already recognized in the previous course of study).
- Other languages and Italian for foreigners: 3 cfu are recognized for each proficiency level starting from A2 (if not already recognized in the previous study cycle).
These cfu will be recognized, up to a maximum of 6 cfu in total, as type F if the teaching plan allows, or as type D. Additional elective credits for language knowledge may be recognized only if consistent with the student's educational project and if adequately justified.
Those enrolled until A.Y. 2020/2021 should consult the information found here.
Booklet entry mode: request the certificate or equivalency to the CLA and send it to the Student Secretariat - Careers for career entry of the exam, via email: carriere.scienze@ateneo.univr.it
3. Soft skills
Discover the training paths promoted by the University's TALC - Teaching and learning center, intended for students regularly enrolled in the academic year of course delivery https://talc.univr.it/it/competenze-trasversali
Booklet entry mode: the teaching is not expected to be included in the curriculum. Only after obtaining the Open Badge, the CFUs in the booklet will be automatically validated. The registration of CFUs in career is not instantaneous, but there will be some technical time to wait.
4. Stage/internship period
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Graduation
List of theses and work experience proposals
| theses proposals | Research area |
|---|---|
| Domain Adaptation | Computer Science and Informatics: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems - Computer graphics, computer vision, multi media, computer games |
| Domain Adaptation | Computer Science and Informatics: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems - Machine learning, statistical data processing and applications using signal processing (e.g. speech, image, video) |
| Domain Adaptation | Computing Methodologies - IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER VISION |
| Domain Adaptation | Computing methodologies - Machine learning |
Attendance
As stated in point 25 of the Teaching Regulations for the A.Y. 2021/2022, attendance at the course of study is not mandatory.Please refer to the Crisis Unit's latest updates for the mode of teaching.
