UFPF535 Fundamentals of robotics

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Petr Čermák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Petr Čermák, Ph.D.
Centrum interdisciplinárních studií – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with this scope, its history, basic terms, algorithms and also other scopes which are closely related to robotics. Students also will be acquainted with some types of robots and their hardware equipment such as servomotors, gyroscopes, cameras, main boards, etc.). In case of practical part of the subject students will be also acquainted with construction of robots, their software implementation followed by configuration and programming.
    1. Basic of robotics (terms, history and development of robotics)
    2. Related scopes to robotics (cybernetics, artificial intelligence, etc.)
    3. Using robots in practice (industry, army, medicine, cosmology, etc.)
    4. Sensors of robots (sensor, camera, etc.)
    5. Actuators of robots and other related hardware (servomotors, GPS modules, gyroscopes, etc.)
    6. Main board with accessories needed to input processing and output generating to operation of actuators
    7. Robots programming (programming languages Scheme and C++)
    8. Humanoid robots (similar to a human with sensors and actuators)
    9. Automotive robots (robots with belt or wheel arrangement)
    10. Flying robots (single rotor, dual rotor helicopters, quadcopters). Insect robots.
    11. Basic algorithms used in robotics, e.g. Breitenberg´s algorithm to robot motion in 3-D space, basic algorithms of multi-agent systems behavior (stigmergy).
Literature
    recommended literature
  • VÁŇA, V. ARM pro začátečníky. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7300-246-6. info
  • BEKEY, G. Autonomous robots: from biological inspiration to implementation and control. MIT, 2005. ISBN 978-0-262-02578-2. info
  • NOVÁK, P. Mobilní roboty. Praha, 2005. ISBN 80-7300-141-1. info
  • SIEGWART, R. ? NOURBAKHSH, I. ntroduction to autonomous mobile robots. MIT, 2004. ISBN 978-0-262-19502-. info
  • ZELINKA, I. Umělá inteligence: Hrozba nebo naděje? Praha, 2003. ISBN 80-7300-068-7. info
  • ARKIN, R. Behavior-Based Robotics (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents). MIT, 1998. ISBN 978-0-262-01165-5. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture with a video analysis
Assessment methods
Credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* 75% attendance in exercises, active participation
* written test in the extent of the given literature and the content of seminars 70 points
* practical programming of selected algorithms in robotics 30 points
* success rate 60 %
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022.
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