CODE 86736 ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023 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 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 IMPORTANT NOTICE! The following scheme describes the course organisation in case of mixed presence/distance modality. If the distance modlity is not in use, don't consider all references to "streaming": teaching and some exercises will be in the performed in the classroom. Some study material will be in any case available in videoclip form. 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 contacting the teacher through internet, any time, at the following addresses: renato.zaccaria@unige.it (email) renato.zaccaria (skype name) using instant messages through Skype 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 only one othe component of the assessment process. The exam mark will contribute approximatively with 22% - 33% of the full 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 performed remotely, with motivated reasons following the University rules in force. ASSESSMENT METHODS The course implements a continuous assessment process. All the assignments proposed to students every week may contribute to it. Intermediate and final, more complex, assignments will be also proposed. Assignments are evaluated if 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 specific values to the different components. All the assignment deadlines will be closed before the last exam session of the semester s(approximatively end of February for semester 1 and mid September for semester 2). Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 17/01/2023 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 14/02/2023 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 21/06/2023 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 24/07/2023 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 13/09/2023 09:00 GENOVA Scritto FURTHER INFORMATION Special assessments will be defined for those students who decide to pass the exam in the second semester.
