Lab Course Humanoid Robots
Robots are versatile systems, that provide vast opportunities for active research and various operations. Humanoid robots, for example, have a human-like body, and thus can act in environments designed for humans. They are able to, e.g., climb stairs, walk through cluttered environments, and open doors. Mobile robots with a wheeled base are designed to operate on flat grounds to perform, e.g., cleaning and service tasks. Robotic arms are able to grasp and manipulate objects.
Participants will work in group of 2 or 3 on one of the possible topics.
At the end of the semester each group will give a presentation and demonstration of their project accompanied by oral moderation. The whole presentation should be approximately 10 minutes long. Every member of the group should present his/her part in the development of the system in a few sentences/slides. When the presentation is complete, each group will be asked a few questions by the HRL staff members or preferably the other students. Everyone is required to be present and to watch the presentation of the other groups.
Aside from the final demonstration, every group is required to submit a lab report. The report is due on the morning before the demonstration. Please describe the task you had to solve, in what ways you approached the solution, what parts your system consists of, special difficulties you may have encountered, and how to compile and use your software. Please include a sufficient number of illustrations. Apart from the content, there are no formal requirements to this document. It is sufficient to submit one lab report per group, it must be be pushed to the group's git repository before the lab presentation.
The grade of the lab will depend on the final presentation and how well the assigned task was solved.