Foundations of Robotics (Robotics I)
| Professor | Prof. Dr. Andreas Zell |
| Lecture time | Tuesday 10:15 - 12:00 |
| Start | Tuesday 13.10.2026 |
| Location | Hörsaal 1 F119 (Sand 6/7) |
| Credits | 6 LP |
| Cycle | yearly |
| Exam | Tuesday 09.02.2027 |
| Alma-Portal | Foundations of Robotics |
Please join this lecture on Moodle.
Description:
The Foundations of Robotics lecture covers the mathematical and technical foundations of robotics, in particular stationary robots (manipulators). Topics:
- Introduction, goals, and applications in robotics
- Coordinate systems and transformations
- Manipulator kinematics
- Inverse manipulator kinematics
- Velocities and accelerations (Jacobi matrix, inverse)
The follow-up lecture (Mobile Robots) in the summer semester will focus on mobile robots.
Requirements:
5th semester and above, primarily linear algebra from Mathematics I-III is required.
Literature:
Script A. Zell: Robotics I,
P.J. McKerrow: Introduction to Robotics, Addison-Wesley
Exercise sessions (Übungen)
| Tutors | Yuzhi Lai, Shreyas Talole, David Ott |
| Date of the exercise sessions | Tuesday 12:15 - 14:00 Uhr |
| Location | Hörsaal 1 F119 (Sand 6/7) |
| Issue of exercise sheets | each week via Moodle |
| Submission of solved sheets: | None, Exercises are not graded |
| Exercise solutions | Exercise solutions are provided on Moodle after one week |
| Tutorials | In the tutorials we will provide you with additional exercises which you can solve in groups in the tutorial. Further we will answer all your questions about the lecture or the exercise sheets. |
| Attendance | Attendance in at least nine of the tutorial sessions is mandatory for exam admission. |
Remarks
- Please ask any questions about the exercise sheets or the lecture in the Moodle discussion board, so all participants can benefit from the answers.