Issued by: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Collaboration and cooperation in industrial robotics

About the Course

This course will describe how modern robotics technologies can be introduced into smart factory environments. In particular, we will describe how robots can cooperate with human operators and among each other, in an industrial context.

More specifically, we will describe real world cases in which multiple robots are simultaneously utilized, and we will see how they can coordinate themselves to achieve some common objective. Subsequently, we will see how interface systems can be developed to allow human operators to interact with those robots. Finally, we will describe methodologies for enabling physical human-robot interaction.

Attendance and Credentials

Attendance

FREE!

Attendance Certificate

FREE!

Course Agenda

Enrollments Start

Apr 6, 2017

Course Opens

Apr 21, 2017

Course Closes

Not Set

Learning outcomes

To model a multi-robot system used in industrial applications and to define coordination strategies
To develop effective human-robot interfaces
To develop control strategies for safe physical human-robot interaction

Background and Requirements

Standard basic Engineering math and physics background: differential equations, basic mechanics; automatic control.

Textbooks

All the references are available in the course pages.

Course Format

The course is organized as a collection of video-lectures. Each video-lecture is self-contained but, at the same time, linked with the other ones to define an overall big picture. Lectures are organized in three main modules, and each module is organized in sections.The first module will describe how robots can cooperate among each other, in such a way that common objectives can be achieved. The second module will provide methodology for the design of interfaces, for letting a human operator interact with the robots. The third module will then address physical human-robot interaction.