Master's Course in Automation Engineering and Robotics
Academic Year 2023/2024

Instructor: Prof. Bruno Siciliano bruno.siciliano@unina.it
Assistant: Dr. Cristina Iacono Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. E' necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.

(last update: 24/03/25)

Class Schedule

• Monday, 10:30-12:30
• Tuesday, 08:30-10:30

Lectures are taught in blended mode in class (Room NA-II-A8 in Agnano complex) and remotely through the Microsoft Teams (MT) platform. At this link you can find the documentation and quick guides. Students are kindly invited to join the MT class with code 5zvq3ve or through this link.

Teaching Assistantship

Send an email to the Instructor or to the Assistant to set an appointment. Assistantship will be provided via the MT platform.

Aim of the Course

The aim of the course is to provide the skills for controlling the interaction between robots and scarcely structured environments. Topics include force control, visual control, flexible joints, grasping and cooperative manipulation.

Syllabus

Click here for the course syllabus (ongoing updates).

References

• B. Siciliano, L. Sciavicco, L. Villani, G. Oriolo, Robotics - Modelling, Planning and Control, Springer, London, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84628-641-4
• B. Siciliano, O. Khatib (Eds.), Springer Handbook of Robotics, 2nd Edition, Springer, Berlin, 2016, ISBN 978-3-319-32552-1
• B. Siciliano, O. Khatib, T. Kröger, Multimedia Extension to Springer Handbook of Robotics, 2016

Lecture Notes

• Click here for the PDF file Robotics, AI & 5G: The Future is Now!, or here for the PPTX file with embedded videos (1.57 GB)
• Click here to download the PDF file for Force Control
  
• Click here to download the PDF file for Visual Servoing
  
• Click here to download the PDF file for Robots with Flexible Joints
• Click here to download the PDF file for Cooperative Manipulation
  
• Click here to download the PDF file of Chapter 11 from Springer Handbook of Robotics
• Click here to download the PDF file of Chapter 12 of the new Textbook

Exams

The final exam will be oral.