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The following are last minute news you should be aware of ;-)
 
The following are last minute news you should be aware of ;-)
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11/06/2019: Update version of slides on neural networks and convolutional neural networks
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02/04/1029: Updated calendar with behavious based architectures lectures
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03/03/1029: Change in schedule for the course and updated calendar with Bonarini's lectures
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26/02/2019: Here it comes a new edition of the course!!!
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08/08/2018: [[Media:Grades_20180710.pdf|Here]] you find the grades from the July calls. They already include the project/seminar for students who have presented already
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  07/07/2018: [[Media:Grades_20180621.pdf|Here]] you find the grades from the first call ... they do not include the project/seminar
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  29/05/2018: Updated slides
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  29/05/2018: Schedule updated
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  17/04/2018: Updated lecture schedule until the end of the semester
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  06/04/2018: 06/04/2018 lecture canceled due to an unexpected duty of the teacher
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  25/03/2018: Updated lecture schedule
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  11/03/2018: You can find here the [[Media:Grades_20180209.pdf|grades of the 09/02/2018 call]] 
 
   27/02/2018: Course starts today!
 
   27/02/2018: Course starts today!
  
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   31/08/2017: Confirmed the date and room for the course presentations -> 14/09/2017 from 9:30 in V.S8-B
 
   31/08/2017: Confirmed the date and room for the course presentations -> 14/09/2017 from 9:30 in V.S8-B
 
   25/07/2017: You can find here the [[Media:Grades_20170725.pdf|grades of the 25/07/2017 call]] blank scores are for missing projects (which can count up to 7).  
 
   25/07/2017: You can find here the [[Media:Grades_20170725.pdf|grades of the 25/07/2017 call]] blank scores are for missing projects (which can count up to 7).  
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===Course Program and Teaching Material===
 
===Course Program and Teaching Material===
  
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The course comprises theoretical lectures (30h regarding 1-3) and practical sessions (20h regarding 4-5):
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The course comprises theoretical lectures (30h) and practical sessions (20h):
  
 
*Cognitive Robotics introduction
 
*Cognitive Robotics introduction
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*Human-Robot interaction
 
*Human-Robot interaction
 
**Non verbal human robot interaction
 
**Non verbal human robot interaction
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  * On Friday, in V.S7-A, starts at 10:15, ends at 13:15
  
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|07/03/2017 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S8-A || Matteo Matteucci || Course Introduction, Robotics and Cognitive Robotics
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|26/02/2019 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Course Introduction, Robotics and Cognitive Robotics
 
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|10/03/2017 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || -- || -- || -- No Lecture --
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|01/03/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || --- || --- || -- No Lecture --
 
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|14/03/2017 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || -- || -- || -- No Lecture --
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|07/03/2019 || Thursday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Cognitive architectures: Deliberative vs Reactive
 
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|17/03/2017 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S8-A || Matteo Matteucci || Cognitive architectures: Deliberative vs Reactive
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|08/03/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Cognitive architectures: Deliberative vs Reactive
 
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|14/03/2019 || Thursday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Deliberative architectures and Planning
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|15/03/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Deliberative architectures and Planning
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|21/03/2019 || Thursday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Andrea Bonarini || Human-Robot (non-verbal) Interaction
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|22/03/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Andrea Bonarini || Human-Robot (non-verbal) Interaction
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|28/03/2019 || Thursday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Andrea Bonarini || Human-Robot (non-verbal) Interaction
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|29/03/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Andrea Bonarini || Human-Robot (non-verbal) Interaction
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|04/04/2019 || Thursday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Behaviour based architectures
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|05/04/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Behaviour based architectures
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|11/04/2019 || Thursday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A ||Simone Mentasti || Robot Operating System
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|12/04/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Simone Mentasti || Robot Operating System
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|18/04/2019 || Thursday || 08:15 - 10:15 || --- || --- || -- No Lecture --
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|19/04/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || --- || --- || -- No Lecture --
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|25/04/2019 || Thursday || 08:15 - 10:15 || --- || --- || -- No Lecture --
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|26/04/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || --- || --- || -- No Lecture --
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|02/04/2019 || Thursday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Simone Mentasti || Project work
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|03/05/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Neural Networks
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|09/05/2019 || Thursday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Simone Mentasti || Project work
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|10/05/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Neural Networks
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|16/05/2019 || Thursday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Simone Mentasti || Project work
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|17/05/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Neural Networks
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|23/05/2019 || Thursday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Simone Mentasti || Project work
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|24/05/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || --- || --- || -- No Lecture --
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|30/05/2019 || Thursday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Simone Mentasti || Project Work
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|31/05/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Neural Networks
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|06/06/2019 || Thursday || 08:15 - 10:15 || --- || --- || -- No Lecture --
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|07/06/2019 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci|| Neural Network
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|27/02/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Course Introduction, Robotics and Cognitive Robotics
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|02/03/2018 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Cognitive architectures: Deliberative vs Reactive
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|06/03/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || -- || -- || -- No Lecture --
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|09/03/2018 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Cognitive architectures: Deliberative vs Reactive
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|13/03/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Andrea Bonarini || Non verbal human-robot interaction
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|16/03/2018 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Andrea Bonarini || Non verbal human-robot interaction
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|20/03/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Andrea Bonarini || Non verbal human-robot interaction
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|23/03/2018 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Andrea Bonarini || Non verbal human-robot interaction
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|27/03/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Planning
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|30/03/2018 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || -- || -- No Lecture --
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|03/04/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || -- || -- No Lecture --
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|06/04/2018 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || -- || -- Lecture canceled --
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|10/04/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A ||Matteo Matteucci || Planning
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|13/04/2018 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Planning
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|17/04/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A ||Matteo Matteucci || Planning
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|20/04/2018 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Simone Mentasti || Introduction to ROS
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|24/04/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A ||Simone Mentasti || Introduction to ROS
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|27/04/2018 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || -- || -- No Lecture --
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|01/05/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || -- || -- No Lecture --
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|04/05/2018 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Simone Mentasti || Introduction to Gazebo
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|08/05/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Simone Mentasti || Introduction to Gazebo
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|11/05/2018 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Behavior Based Robotics
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|15/05/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Behavior Based Robotics
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|18/05/2018 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Behavior Based Robotics
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|22/05/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Neural Networks
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|25/05/2018 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Neural Networks
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|29/05/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Neural Networks
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|01/06/2018 || Friday || 10:15 - 13:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Neural Networks
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|05/06/2018 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || V.S7-A || Matteo Matteucci || Neural Networks
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|21/03/2017 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || -- || -- || -- No Lecture --
 
|21/03/2017 || Tuesday || 08:15 - 10:15 || -- || -- || -- No Lecture --
 
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|14/09/2017 || Thursday || 09:30 - 17:30 || V.S8-B || Matteo Matteucci || Students presentation: Emanuele Dalla Longa, Davide Urzino, Roza Shafiei, Federico Milani, Ashok Kumar Yarramneni
 
|14/09/2017 || Thursday || 09:30 - 17:30 || V.S8-B || Matteo Matteucci || Students presentation: Emanuele Dalla Longa, Davide Urzino, Roza Shafiei, Federico Milani, Ashok Kumar Yarramneni
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===Course Evaluation===
 
===Course Evaluation===
  
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The course grading is split in a standard written exam (70% of the grade) and a practical activity (30% of the grading):
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The course grading is split in a standard written exam and a seminar activity (to be done before the end of the course):
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* Written examination covering the whole program up to 25/32
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* Written examination covering the whole program (including seminars) up to 27/32
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* Small practical project or seminar on a course topic graded up to 7/32  
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* Seminar on one of the topics of the course graded up to 5/32  
 
* Final score will be the sum of the two grades up to 32/32
 
* Final score will be the sum of the two grades up to 32/32
  
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Possible course projects and seminar activities will be presented later during the semester.
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Possible seminar topics will be presented later during the semester. A practical activity, to be discussed with the teacher, can substitute the seminar.
  
 
==Teaching Material==  
 
==Teaching Material==  
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Here the lectures about classical cognitive architectures, i.e., deliberative and reactive approaches:
 
Here the lectures about classical cognitive architectures, i.e., deliberative and reactive approaches:
  
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics_01_Intro_2007.pdf|[2016/2017] Cognitive Robotics Introduction]]: Course introduction and introduction to Robotics.
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics_01_Intro_2018.pdf|[2017/2018] Cognitive Robotics Introduction]]: Course introduction and introduction to Robotics, Cognitive Robotics definition.
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics_01_Architectures_2007.pdf|[2016/2017] Cognitive Robotics Architectures]]: Cognitive Robotics definition and cognitive architectures: deliberative vs reactive approaches.
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics_01_Architectures_2018.pdf|[2017/2018] Cognitive Robotics Architectures]]: Cognitive architectures: deliberative vs reactive approaches.
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics_02_Planning_2007.pdf|[2016/2017] Planning Definitions and Algorithms]]: Definition of planning, state and action representation, linear vs. non linear planning, GPS and Prodigy.
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics_02_Planning_2018.pdf|[2017/2018] Planning Definitions and Algorithms]]: Definition of planning, state and action representation, linear vs. non linear planning, GPS and Prodigy. The Planning Domain Definition Language rationale and syntax with examples.
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics_02_PDDL_2007.pdf|[2016/2017] Planning Domain Definition Language]]: The Planning Domain Definition Language rationale and syntax with examples.
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics_03_Behaviors_2018.pdf|[2017/2018] Behavior Based Robotics]]: Introduction to behavior based robotics and the Subsumption Architecture with examples. Hybrid approaches.
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics_03_Behaviors_2007.pdf|[2016/2017] Behavior Based Robotics]]: Introduction to behavior based robotics and the Subsumption Architecture with examples.
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics_04_Neural Networks_2019_v2.pdf|[2018/2019] Neural Networks]]: From Perceptron to Feed Forward Neural Networks]]: Introduction to neural networks, the perceptron model, feed forward architectures, backpropagation, generalization issues (early stopping and weight decay)
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics_05_IntroDeepLearnig_2019.pdf|[2018/2019] Introduction to Deep Learning]]: Introduction to Deep Learning and difference with respect to the classical approach in machine learning
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics_06_ConvolutionalNeuralNetworks_2019_v2.pdf|[2018/2019] Convolutional Neural Networks]]: Convolutional neural networks introduction and basic architectures
  
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* [[Media:NeuralNetworksIntroduction_2017.pdf|[2016/2017] From Perceptron to Feed Forward Neural Networks]]: Introduction to neural networks, the perceptron model, feed forward architectures, backpropagation, generalization issues (early stopping and weight decay)
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* [[Media:DeepLearning101_2017_Introduction.pdf|[2016/2017] Deep Learning Introduction]]: Recap on neural networks and machine learning, deep learning introduction with applications, deep learning and the feature learning idea.
 
* [[Media:DeepLearning101_2017_Introduction.pdf|[2016/2017] Deep Learning Introduction]]: Recap on neural networks and machine learning, deep learning introduction with applications, deep learning and the feature learning idea.
 
* [[Media:DeepLearning101_2017_LinearModels_MLP_DeepNN.pdf|[2016/2017] From linear models to deep networks]]: Linear models, neural networks, modern activation functions, tips and tricks for Deep Learning.  
 
* [[Media:DeepLearning101_2017_LinearModels_MLP_DeepNN.pdf|[2016/2017] From linear models to deep networks]]: Linear models, neural networks, modern activation functions, tips and tricks for Deep Learning.  
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* [[Media:Intro_AI_and_NLP_2017_MLmethods_v1.1.pdf|[2016/2017] NLP and Machine Learning]]: On the use of Machine Learning techniques in Natural Language Processing
 
* [[Media:Intro_AI_and_NLP_2017_MLmethods_v1.1.pdf|[2016/2017] NLP and Machine Learning]]: On the use of Machine Learning techniques in Natural Language Processing
 
* [[Media:svm_kelp_practice_Excercise.pdf|[2016/2017] SVM for NLP]]: Introduction on the use of SVMs for Natural Language Processing with references to software tools and practical exercises.
 
* [[Media:svm_kelp_practice_Excercise.pdf|[2016/2017] SVM for NLP]]: Introduction on the use of SVMs for Natural Language Processing with references to software tools and practical exercises.
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The following are the slides on Non Verbal Human Robot Interaction:
 
The following are the slides on Non Verbal Human Robot Interaction:
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* [[Media:HRINoNL7ToysAndGames_2017.pdf | [2016/2017] Toys and Games]]: Applications of Human Robot interaction to Toys and Games
 
* [[Media:HRINoNL7ToysAndGames_2017.pdf | [2016/2017] Toys and Games]]: Applications of Human Robot interaction to Toys and Games
  
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Here the slides about ROS and gazebo:
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* [[Media:Robotics_01_2018_Introduction.pdf| [2017/2018] Gazebosim and SDL]]
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* [[Media:Robotics_02ex_2018_GazeboPlugins.pdf| [2017/2018] Model details]]
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* [[Media:Robotics_03ex_2018_Middleware.pdf | [2017/2018] Robotics middlewares]]
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* [[Media:L4.pdf| [2017/2018] ROS Commands]]
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* [[Media:L5.pdf| [2017/2018] ROS Development]]
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* [[Media:L6.pdf| [2017/2018] ROS - Gazebo Interaction]]
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* [[Media:L7.pdf| [2017/2018] BAGs and TF]]
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* [[Media:L8.pdf| [2017/2018] Robot Navigation]]
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===Books and Papers===
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===Books, Papers, and Media===
  
 
For some of the following paper I provide the link to the journal website. For the most of them you can access the PDF if you are connected to the polimi network or using the polimi proxy.
 
For some of the following paper I provide the link to the journal website. For the most of them you can access the PDF if you are connected to the polimi network or using the polimi proxy.
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* Valentino Braitenberg. "[[Media:Vehicles.pdf|Vehicles: Experiments in synthetic psychology]]". Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984.  
 
* Valentino Braitenberg. "[[Media:Vehicles.pdf|Vehicles: Experiments in synthetic psychology]]". Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984.  
 
* Rodney A. Brooks. "Elephants don't play chess", Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 6, Issues 1–2, June 1990, Pages 3-15. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921889005800259]
 
* Rodney A. Brooks. "Elephants don't play chess", Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 6, Issues 1–2, June 1990, Pages 3-15. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921889005800259]
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* Some interesting videos on feed forward neural networks and backpropagation by [http://www.3blue1brown.com/|3Blue1Brown]:
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** Chapter 1: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk&t=2s&list=PLZHQObOWTQDNU6R1_67000Dx_ZCJB-3pi&index=2| But what is a Neural Network?]
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** Chapter 2: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHZwWFHWa-w&list=PLZHQObOWTQDNU6R1_67000Dx_ZCJB-3pi&index=2| Gradient descent, how neural networks learn]
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** Chapter 3: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilg3gGewQ5U&index=3&list=PLZHQObOWTQDNU6R1_67000Dx_ZCJB-3pi| What is backpropagation really doing?]
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** Chapter 4: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIeHLnjs5U8&list=PLZHQObOWTQDNU6R1_67000Dx_ZCJB-3pi&index=4| Backpropagation calculus]
  
 
==Exam Samples and Results==
 
==Exam Samples and Results==
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The following are few past exams, do not make any assumption on the topics you should prepare and about the level of details of the questions from these texts, they are not a statistically significan sample from the possible exams texts:
 
The following are few past exams, do not make any assumption on the topics you should prepare and about the level of details of the questions from these texts, they are not a statistically significan sample from the possible exams texts:
  
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics20170704.pdf| 04/07/2017]]
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics20180830.pdf| 30/08/2018]]
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics20170725.pdf| 25/07/2017]]
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics20180710.pdf| 10/07/2018]]
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics20180621.pdf| 21/06/2018]]
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics20180209.pdf| 09/02/2018]]
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics20180119.pdf| 19/01/2018]]
 
* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics20170829.pdf| 29/08/2017]]
 
* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics20170829.pdf| 29/08/2017]]
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics20170725.pdf| 25/07/2017]]
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* [[Media:CognitiveRobotics20170704.pdf| 04/07/2017]]

Latest revision as of 23:05, 10 June 2019


The following are last minute news you should be aware of ;-) 

11/06/2019: Update version of slides on neural networks and convolutional neural networks
02/04/1029: Updated calendar with behavious based architectures lectures
03/03/1029: Change in schedule for the course and updated calendar with Bonarini's lectures
26/02/2019: Here it comes a new edition of the course!!!

Course Aim & Organization

This course addresses the methodological aspects of Cognitive Robotics. Cognitive Robotics is about endowing robots and embodied agents with intelligent behaviour by designing and deploying a processing architecture making them apt to deliberate, learn, and reason about how to behave in response to complex goals in a complex world. Perception and action, and how to model them in neural and symbolic representations are therefore the core issues to address. Inspiring models of Cognitive Robotics arise from different disciplines: the neural architectures from neuroscience, the basic behaviours from ethology, motivations and emotions from psychology, the multirobot behaviour from sociology. Those models could be implemented in terms of formal logic, probabilistic, and neural models turning into embodied computational agents.


Teachers

The course is composed by a blending of theory and practice lectures from the course teacher and the teaching assistants (in order of appearance):

Course Program and Teaching Material

The course comprises theoretical lectures (30h) and practical sessions (20h):

  • Cognitive Robotics introduction
    • Cognition and the sense-plan-act architecture
    • Deliberative, reactive, and hybrid approaches
  • Deliberative systems for cognitive robots
    • Symbolic planning and PDDL
  • Bioinspired controllers for autonomous robots
    • Behavior based architectures
    • Neural networks and learning
  • Human-Robot interaction
    • Non verbal human robot interaction


Detailed course schedule

A detailed schedule of the course can be found here; topics are just indicative while days and teachers are correct up to some last minute change (they will be notified to you by email). 

Note: Lecture timetable interpretation
* On Thursday, in V.S7-A, starts at 08:15, ends at 10:15
* On Friday, in V.S7-A, starts at 10:15, ends at 13:15
Date Day Time Room Teacher Topic
26/02/2019 Tuesday 08:15 - 10:15 V.S7-A Matteo Matteucci Course Introduction, Robotics and Cognitive Robotics
01/03/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 --- --- -- No Lecture --
07/03/2019 Thursday 08:15 - 10:15 V.S7-A Matteo Matteucci Cognitive architectures: Deliberative vs Reactive
08/03/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 V.S7-A Matteo Matteucci Cognitive architectures: Deliberative vs Reactive
14/03/2019 Thursday 08:15 - 10:15 V.S7-A Matteo Matteucci Deliberative architectures and Planning
15/03/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 V.S7-A Matteo Matteucci Deliberative architectures and Planning
21/03/2019 Thursday 08:15 - 10:15 V.S7-A Andrea Bonarini Human-Robot (non-verbal) Interaction
22/03/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 V.S7-A Andrea Bonarini Human-Robot (non-verbal) Interaction
28/03/2019 Thursday 08:15 - 10:15 V.S7-A Andrea Bonarini Human-Robot (non-verbal) Interaction
29/03/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 V.S7-A Andrea Bonarini Human-Robot (non-verbal) Interaction
04/04/2019 Thursday 08:15 - 10:15 V.S7-A Matteo Matteucci Behaviour based architectures
05/04/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 V.S7-A Matteo Matteucci Behaviour based architectures
11/04/2019 Thursday 08:15 - 10:15 V.S7-A Simone Mentasti Robot Operating System
12/04/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 V.S7-A Simone Mentasti Robot Operating System
18/04/2019 Thursday 08:15 - 10:15 --- --- -- No Lecture --
19/04/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 --- --- -- No Lecture --
25/04/2019 Thursday 08:15 - 10:15 --- --- -- No Lecture --
26/04/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 --- --- -- No Lecture --
02/04/2019 Thursday 08:15 - 10:15 V.S7-A Simone Mentasti Project work
03/05/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 V.S7-A Matteo Matteucci Neural Networks
09/05/2019 Thursday 08:15 - 10:15 V.S7-A Simone Mentasti Project work
10/05/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 V.S7-A Matteo Matteucci Neural Networks
16/05/2019 Thursday 08:15 - 10:15 V.S7-A Simone Mentasti Project work
17/05/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 V.S7-A Matteo Matteucci Neural Networks
23/05/2019 Thursday 08:15 - 10:15 V.S7-A Simone Mentasti Project work
24/05/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 --- --- -- No Lecture --
30/05/2019 Thursday 08:15 - 10:15 V.S7-A Simone Mentasti Project Work
31/05/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 V.S7-A Matteo Matteucci Neural Networks
06/06/2019 Thursday 08:15 - 10:15 --- --- -- No Lecture --
07/06/2019 Friday 10:15 - 13:15 V.S7-A Matteo Matteucci Neural Network


Course Evaluation

The course grading is split in a standard written exam and a seminar activity (to be done before the end of the course):

  • Written examination covering the whole program (including seminars) up to 27/32
  • Seminar on one of the topics of the course graded up to 5/32
  • Final score will be the sum of the two grades up to 32/32

Possible seminar topics will be presented later during the semester. A practical activity, to be discussed with the teacher, can substitute the seminar.

Teaching Material

The course material comprises slides from the teachers and scientific literature, both provided in the following.

Teacher Slides

In the following you can find the lecture slides used by the teacher and the teaching assistants during classes.

Here the lectures about classical cognitive architectures, i.e., deliberative and reactive approaches:


The following are the slides on Non Verbal Human Robot Interaction:

Here the slides about ROS and gazebo:


Books, Papers, and Media

For some of the following paper I provide the link to the journal website. For the most of them you can access the PDF if you are connected to the polimi network or using the polimi proxy.

Exam Samples and Results

The following are few past exams, do not make any assumption on the topics you should prepare and about the level of details of the questions from these texts, they are not a statistically significan sample from the possible exams texts:

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