CODE 86736 ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022 CREDITS 5 cfu anno 1 ROBOTICS ENGINEERING 10635 (LM-32) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-INF/05 LANGUAGE English TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW Programming in Robotics includes several topics: 1) writing and debugging a soft/hard real time programme, 2) the operating system structure, and its relevant features, 3) concurrent / distributed programming, 4) designing complex, distributed, modular software applications. ARP covers mostly the mid topics of the list above. ARP, RTOS and SOFAR cooperate in addressing all topics. However, no cross-prerequisites exist. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The goal of the course is to give the students the fundamentals of POSIX programming, concurrent programming, and inter-process communication (i.e., interrupts, signals, pipes, threads, semaphores, shared memory, sockets, publish/subscribe methods). AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Following the Bloom's taxonomy, the student will achieve the following results (levels 2 to 4): Describe the behaviour of the different communication / synchronization primitives between tasks and processes (events, shared memory, messages) both in a single and in networked machines. Apply state-of-practice concurrent / distribute programming schemes to solve reference problems in robotics. Compare different communication / synchronization primitives in solving common robotic problems, and Motivate the selection of the most suitable for a specific process. Design and test concurrent / distributed programmes to solve standard, complex, relevant cases in robotics. PREREQUISITES Programming in C Language (advanced concepts) Basic structure of an Operating System's kernel Basic networking concepts TEACHING METHODS SYLLABUS/CONTENT The course is composed by 12 modules, one per week. Course intro Op sys architecture 1 Op sys architecture 2 SysCalls1: processes SysCalls2: threads SysCalls3: mutual exclusion, synchronization SysCalls4: pipes SysCalls5: non determinism SysCalls6: events SysCalls7: sockets Publish/Subscribe: D-BUS Real cases analysis Each module includes an assignment whose solution is discussed in a successive module. The reference framework is the POSIX standard. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY The whole study material (reference textbooks, slides, examples) is available in the AulaWeb portal. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD RENATO UGO RAFFAELE ZACCARIA Ricevimento: Students having troubles in learning the course concepts can get in touch with the teacher: during classes, when organised in presence contacting the teacher through internet, any time, at the following addresses: renato.zaccaria@unige.it (email) renato.zaccaria (skype name) The teacher's office is located in Genova, Viale Causa 13, floor 0. Exam Board RENATO UGO RAFFAELE ZACCARIA (President) ANTONIO SGORBISSA FULVIO MASTROGIOVANNI (President Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START https://corsi.unige.it/10635/p/studenti-orario Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The final exam is one othe component of the assessment. The exam mark will contribute approximatively with 50% of the assessment. The exam consists in an on line test on the AulaWeb portal, with questions related to the learning outcomes. The test is done in presence in a classroom. Exceptionally the test may be peformed at distance, with motivated reasons. ASSESSMENT METHODS The course implements a continuous assessment process. All the assignments proposed to students every week contribute to it. A final, more complex, assignment will be also proposed. Assignments are evaluated if they are delivered in a regular basis, respecting specific deadlines. The final mark will take into account both the exam and the continuous evaluation of assessments, giving approximatively equal value to the two components. All the assignment deadlines will be closed after the first semester's end. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 18/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 15/02/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 22/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 25/07/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 14/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto FURTHER INFORMATION A special assessment method will be defined for those students who decide to pass the exam in the second semester. The final mark of those students may have a penalization.