The Robotics course immerses you in a world undergoing rapid technological expansion, where the demand for robotics experts is constantly growing. Robotics isn’t just the future – it’s the present – and it’s transforming entire industries. With us, you’ll acquire crucial skills, such as control of sensors and actuators, and you’ll delve into industrial robotics, exploring everything from grasping to locomotion. You’ll also discover the fascinating field of computer vision and how robots interact with humans through speech recognition and natural language processing. This course will not only provide you with technical knowledge, but will also enable you to reflect on the ethical boundaries of robotics and its impact on diversity and automation. By choosing this course, you’ll position yourself at the forefront of a booming sector, ready to tackle the challenges of the future. Get ready to be part of the change, from the comfort of your own home, in an online format that adapts to your pace and needs.
Robotics
Digital Skills
40 hours
Introduction
Objectives
- Understand the development of the robotics from automatons to today’s humanoid robots.
- Identify y analyse the use of sensors y actuators for robot-environment interaction.
- Explore the basic principles of the industrial robotics, including grasping and locomotion.
- Understand the concepts fundamental aspects of computer vision and its application in robotics.
- Analyse how the robots interpret the speak and the language a natural way to interact.
- Apply knowledge from systems from control in the design y operation of robots.
- To reflect on the ethical future of the robotics and its impact on automation.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS
1. Basic concepts
2. The concept of a robot
3. Areas of robotics
4. References
TEACHING UNIT 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF ROBOTICS: FROM AUTOMATA TO HUMANOIDS
1. From automata to robots
2. The evolution of robots
3. References
TEACHING UNIT 3. INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT: SENSORS AND ACTUATORS
1. Sensors
2. Actuators
3. Conclusions
4. References
TEACHING UNIT 4. INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS I AND II: GRASPING AND LOCOMOTION
1. Industrial robotics
2. Types of industrial robots
3. Safety regulations
4. Grasping
5. The Kuka robot
6. The Baxter robot
7. Locomotion
8. References
TEACHING UNIT 5. COMPUTER VISION
1. Computer vision
2. The computer vision process
3. Learning tasks in computer vision
4. References
TEACHING UNIT 6. MOTION
1. Movement planning
2. Road planning
3. Motion planning
4. Basic control architecture
5. Conclusions
6. References
TEACHING UNIT 7. HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION I AND II: SPEECH RECOGNITION AND NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
1. Speech recognition
2. The process of language recognition
3. Natural language processing
4. References
TEACHING UNIT 8. CONTROL SYSTEMS
1. Control systems
2. Control architectures
3. Conclusions
4. References
TEACHING UNIT 9. THE FUTURE OF ROBOTICS: THE LIMITS OF ETHICS, DIVERSITY AND AUTOMATION
1. How are robots built?
2. The meaning of diversity
3. The future of robotics
4. References
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