Humanoid robots are complex machines, equipped with sensors for visual, touch, auditory and force sensing. Programming such robots requires expertise in different disciplines encompassing control system theory, computer vision, machine learning and software engineering.
The aim of this school is to provide students with a complete overview of the research problems related to humanoid robot programming, from perception to control. The school is organized as a set of theoretical lectures followed by hands-on sessions using simulators as well as real robots. A set of evening talks by renown researchers in robotics will complement the main school activities by exposing students to the latest results in the field.
This school will cover the following topics:
This school is an evolution of the Veni Vidi Vici (VVV) iCub summer school, which started in 2006 and has been held for ten editions. With respect to the original format, the program has been revised to dedicate more hours to frontal teaching and enriched by invited talks. Yet, students will be given sufficient time to build practical programming skills thanks to extensive hands-on sessions on software simulators and real humanoid robotic platforms. Two iCub humanoid robots will be available to the students, equipped with a cluster of computers and GPUs in a dedicated LAN.
Participants are expected to have a background in robotics and computer programming in C/C++. They should also bring their own laptop to attend hands-on sessions.
The school will take place at the hotel Metropole in the beautiful town of Santa Margherita Ligure, located about 35 Km southeast Genova, Italy.
The school begins in the morning of Monday, January 30th 2017 (participants are expected to arrive Sunday, the 29th), and finishes in the evening of Wednesday, February 8th (participants are expected to leave on Thursday, the 9th). Sunday, the 5th, will be free (participants are encouraged to visit Santa Margherita or the riviera nearby).
Accomodation, lunch and dinner will be served at the Hotel Metropole and are included in the school fee (with the only exception of the lunch on Sunday which will NOT be included).
The school is open to PhD students and Post-Docs. Applicants will be selected competitively based on their CV and support letters. To apply send your CV and one letter of support from your supervisor to: vvv-admin _AT_ iit.it.
The fee includes the school, food (full board, with the exception of Sunday 5/2 in which only dinner will be provided) and accomodation at the Hotel Metropole for 11 nights (from Sunday to Wednesday night):
1850 euro, single room (depending on availability)
1350 euro, double shared room
1150 euro, triple shared room (depending on availability)
For any inquiries, please write to lorenzo.natale _AT_ iit.it
Sun 29/1 | TIME | SUBJECT | TEACHER | FILES |
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18:00 - 19:30 | Check your installation (follow instructions at https://vvv-school.github.io/vvv17). Optional for those who are already at the hotel and would like to check their laptop and software installation. | ALL | ||
Mon 30/1 | TIME | SUBJECT | TEACHER | FILES |
9:00 - 9:15 | Welcome and introduction | Lorenzo Natale | ||
9:15 - 13:00 | Introducing the tools for sharing code at the school. Git and Github. Git basics hands-on session. | Ugo Pattacini | Material | |
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||
14:00 - 18:00 | Software middleware for robotics: the YARP middleware | Lorenzo Natale | Material | |
18:00 - 19:00 | Students presentations | Link to students slides | ||
20:00 - | Dinner | |||
Tue 31/1 | TIME | SUBJECT | TEACHER | FILES |
9:00 - 13:00 | Hands on: the YARP middleware | Ali Paikan | Material | |
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||
14:00 - 18:00 | ROS tutorial with the Nao robot | Natalia Lyubova | Slides and Material | |
18:00 - 19:00 | Evening Talk: Acting and interacting in a real world | Danica Kragic | Slides | |
20:00 - | Dinner | |||
Wed 1/2 | TIME | SUBJECT | TEACHER | FILES |
9:00 - 13:00 | Robot kinematics | Ugo Pattacini | Material | |
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||
14:00 - 18:30 | Hands on: robot kinematics, control in Cartesian space | Ugo Pattacini | Material | |
20:00 - | Dinner | |||
Thu 2/2 | TIME | SUBJECT | TEACHER | FILES |
9:00 - 10:30 | Robot Dynamics | Francesco Nori | Material | |
11:00 - 13:00 | Introduction to floating base systems & non linear control | Daniele Pucci | Material | |
14:00 - 18:00 | Hands on: whole-body control of a humanoid robot | Francesco Romano & Silvio Traversaro | Material | |
18:00 - 19:00 | Evening Talk: Introduction to the Stack Of Tasks - A framework for flexible whole-body control of humanoid robots | Olivier Stasse | Material | |
20:00 - | Dinner | |||
Fri 3/2 | TIME | SUBJECT | TEACHER | FILES |
9:00 - 13:00 | Computer Vision | Francesca Odone | Material | |
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||
14:00 - 18:30 | Hands on: robot vision with OpenCV | Vadim Tikhanoff | Material | |
20:00 - | Dinner | |||
Sat 4/2 | TIME | SUBJECT | TEACHER | FILES |
9:00 - 13:00 | Neuromorphic sensors and Event-driven vision | Chiara Bartolozzi | Material | |
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||
14:00 - 18:00 | Hands on: Event Driven Vision | Arren Glover | Material | |
18:00 - 19:00 | Evening Talk: Engineering humanoids that grasp, learn from human and experience, and perceive time | Tamim Asfour | Slides | >|
20:00 - | Dinner | |||
Sun 5/2 | TIME | SUBJECT | TEACHER | FILES |
9:00 - 19:00 | Day off. Notice that Lunch today is NOT included in the fee. Dinner will be served at the hotel as usual. | Mon 6/2 | TIME | SUBJECT | TEACHER | FILES |
9:00 - 13:00 | Machine Learning | Lorenzo Rosasco | Material | |
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||
14:00 - 18:00 | Hands on: Machine Learning | Raffaello Camoriano | Material | |
18:00 - 19:00 | Evening Talk: Sim-To-Real Robot Learning with Progressive Nets | Andrei A. Rusu | Slides | |
20:00 - | Dinner | Tue 7/2 | TIME | SUBJECT | TEACHER | FILES |
9:00 - 13:00 | Deep Learning | Lorenzo Rosasco | Material | |
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||
14:00 - 18:30 | Hands On: Object recognition with Deep Learning | Giulia Pasquale | Material and slides | |
20:00 - | Dinner | |||
Wed 8/2 | TIME | SUBJECT | TEACHER | FILES |
9:00 - 13:00 | Putting it all together: bulding complex behaviors. Group projects. | ALL | ||
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||
14:00 - 17:30 | Putting it all together: bulding complex behaviors. Group projects. | ALL | ||
20:00 - | Social dinner: Goodbye and farewell | ALL |
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