Selected topics in robotics

– Analysis and synthesis of serial and parallel robot mechanisms

– Advanced approaches in kinematics, dynamics, control and sensory systems in robotics

– Parallel robot systems: kinematic singularities, manipulability, sensitivity of constructional errors

– Robotic grasping systems: multifinger robot grippers, grasping in man and robot, tendon systems

– Robot systems in medicine: rehabilitation robotics, robotics in surgery, biorobotics

– Walking robots: monopod, biped, and multilegged robots, analysis and sysnthesis of locomotion in man and robot

– Exotic robots

The aim of the course is to present topics from the areas of kinematics, dynamics, control, and sensory systems of most advanced robot systems.

Lectures and seminars are based on recent papers published in eminent robotic journals, i.e. IEEE Trans. Robot., Int. J. Robot. Res., Advanced Robotics and conference proceedings IEEE ICRA and IROS. The lectures cover theoretical background, advaced technologies, and practical examples. Seminar is based on student's personal research and includes presentation of research results.