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- From: streppel@fwi.uva.nl (Hans Streppel (Academie voor Informatica))
- Subject: Course Advanced Robot Control and Autonomous Systems
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- Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 07:16:06 GMT
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- Advanced Robot Control and Autonomous Systems
- a 6-day course
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- Delft, September 23-24-25
- Amsterdam, September 28-29-30
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- This course is aimed at university graduates working in industry and scientific
- research institutions using autonomous and/or robotic systems acquired from
- various vendors. For project leaders and post-graduate lecturers the course
- will provide a valuable overview of the field and deepen the insight in where
- critical developments are to be expected.
-
- Each courseday consists of tutorials taught by scientists from the Delft
- University of Technology and the University of Amsterdam; these are
- followed by case studies
- by specialists from various research institutes and industries, to show the
- pragmatic choices from practice which place theory and modelling in
- perspective.
- Classroom demonstrations and videotapes will be used throughout, and
- appropriate literature for further reference will be provided.
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- After having followed the course, you should be confident in formulating the
- design specifications of an autonomous system to perform a desired task; in
- understanding and identifying relevant literature; in talking to vendors and
- specialists; and in motivating your choices to your company or institute.
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- Programme
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- Wednesday, September 23 (Delft)
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- Introduction
- - Kinematics and Dynamics
- - Robot control
- - Point to point control
- - Continuous path control
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- Extensions of robot kinematic models
- - Singularities of robot kinematic models
- - Coping with singularities while solving the inverse problems
- - Position, velocity and impact force control problems near singular
- configurations
- - Kinematic redundancy
- - Solving inverse problems for redundant robot structures
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- Thursday, September 24 (Delft)
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- Computer aided robot trajectory and task planning
- - Geometrical models of robots and their environment
- - Computational models of robot kinematics and dynamics
- - Trajectory specification methods
- - Numerical methods for the inverse trajectory generation
- - Robot task planning using environmental models
- - Collision avoidance issues
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- Fine motion control
- - Compliance control
- - Position/force control
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- Case study
- - The control of a cow milking robot
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- Friday, September 25 (Delft)
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- Robot languages
- - Requirements for robot languages
- - Real-time aspects
- - General high-level languages
- - Special-purpose robot languages
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- Case study
- - Control of the Delft Intelligent Assembly Cell
- - Collision avoidance in the Delft Intelligent Assembly Cell
- - Guided tour of the CIM Centre Delft
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- Monday, September 28 (Amsterdam)
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- Models for (autonomous) control
- - Model and event driven control
- - Reference models (NASREM etc.)
- - Distinctions in functional versus operational models
- - Nominal and non-nominal feedback
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- Exception handling
- - Exception handling strategies
- - Structured and unstructured environments
- - Strong and weak binding models
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- Software development methodologies for autonomous systems
- - The role of simulation
- - Migration from simulation to the real world
- - The virtual robot approach
- - On-line and off-line environments
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- Case study
- - Exception handling
- - Simulations: CARSIM and ASSIM
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- Tuesday, September 29 (Amsterdam)
-
- Logical sensors and model-based sensing
- - Sensor models: analysis and synthesis
- - Examples of incorporation of model knowledge
- - Kalman filtering for sensor-data fusion
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- Neural Networks
- - Fundamentals and learning strategies
- - Neuro-controllers
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- Case study
- - Eye-hand coordination by neural nets
- - Automated handling of parcels (PTT research)
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- Wednesday, September 30 (Amsterdam)
-
- Path-planning and collision avoidance
- - Configuration spaces for path-planning
- - Obstacle representation
- - Path planning algorithms
- - The control of independently operating mobile robots
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- Case study
- - Mobile robot navigation system (IC/h Frog Systems)
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- Course Directors
- Delft Location: Prof.ir. G. Honderd
- Ir. W. Jongkind
- Amsterdam Location: Prof.dr.ir. F.C.A. Groen
- Prof.dr. L.O. Hertzberger
- Dr.ir. L. Dorst
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- Lecturers
- - Ing. H.C. Bouterse (IC/h logistics, Utrecht)
- - Dr.ir. L. Dorst (UvA)
- - Prof.dr.ir. F.C.A. Groen (UvA)
- - Prof.dr.L.O. Hertzberger (UvA)
- - Prof.ir. G. Honderd (DUT)
- - Ir. W. Jongkind (DUT)
- - Ir. J.W.M. Jansen (FROG systems, Utrecht)
- - Dr. A.J. Kasinski (TU Poznan, Poland)
- - Ir. C. Klomp (DUT)
- - Dr.ir. B.J.A. Krse (UvA)
- - Drs. J. Lagerberg (UvA)
- - Ir. B.M. Meijer (DUT)
- - Dr. G.R. Meijer (Isytec, Bremen)
- - Drs. J.S.J.H. Penders (PTT Research, Leidschendam)
- - Ir. Th. Rieswijk (DUT)
- - Drs. P.P.P. van der Smagt (UvA)
- - Drs. F. Tuynman (UvA)
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- Organization
- This course is a joint effort of the Academy for Computer
- Science and the Delft University of Technology.
- The Academy for Computer Science, specialising in post-graduate courses
- in computer science, is run jointly by the University of Amsterdam,
- Utrecht University and the Vrije Universiteit.
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- Further information:
- Further details can be obtained from
- Drs. J.A.J. Streppel, Academie voor Informatica
- Email: avi@fwi.uva.nl
- Phone: +31 20 525 75 94
- Fax: +31 20 525 74 90
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