Lecture Humanoid Robotics

Humanoid robots are currently an active research platform. Since they have a human-like body plan they can act in environments designed for humans. Humanoid robots are able to, e.g., climb stairs, walk through cluttered environments, manipulate objects, and open doors.

This lecture covers techniques for humanoid robots such as sensing and perception, environment representations, active perception, inverse kinematics, motion planning, grasping, balance control, walking, and footstep planning.

Organization

• Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Maren Bennewitz
• Co-organizers: Rohit Menon, Subham Agrawal, Ahmed Shokry, Shahram Khorshidi, and Nils Dengler
• Lecture: Thursday 8:30 - 10:00 (but see detailed schedule below)
• Tutorials: Tueday 8:30 - 10:00
• The module counts for 6 ECTS-Points
• The lecture and the tutorial will take place in lecture hall 7, Friedrich-Hirzebruch Allee 5

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Semester:

SS

Year:

2026

Course Number:

MA-INF 4215, MA-MORO-E02

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Basis

Course Start Date:

16.04.2026

Course End Date:

23.07.2026

Course Dates:

Lecture: Thursday 8:30 - 10:00 (s.t.)

ECTS:

6

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