An introduction to the design and programming of robotics systems
This course offers an introduction to the design and programming of robotics
systems. The course covers topics in the area of navigation using vision
and 3D depth sensors, localization and map making, basic image processing
for visual navigation and recognition, and vision and depth based grasping
and manipulation. You will be developing algorithms, and learn how to use
current state-of the art vision and software tools, such as OpenCV, MoveIt
and the Point Cloud Library. The software components will be developed
under the Robotic Operating System (
ROS).
The course will be organized around a few projects, starting with navigation
in a map, then localization using the map, then finding objects, and finally
a project of object manipulation. The software will first be developed
in simulation, before testing it on the platform, where students will work
in groups of three to four.
As robot platform we will use the Turtlebot , the Phantom Pincher Robot Arm Kit, and the Baxter Robot. Software development will be under ROS/Linux, and programming in C++ and/or Python.
Students taking the class should be comfortable with linear algebra and calculus