OVERVIEW

For a robot, perception and actions are fundamental, defining features of stereotyped or purposive behaviour. Especially when interacting with humans, robots must be capable of employing mental models of the human they are interacting with, perceiving the environment and their actions using common, shared categories, and act in a credible manner. This subject will provide advanced knowledge and theoretical insights about these matters.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

For a robot, perception and actions are fundamental, defining features of stereotyped or purposive behaviour. Especially when interacting with humans, robots must be capable of employing mental models of the human they are interacting with, perceiving the environment and their actions using common, shared categories, and act in a credible manner. This subject will provide advanced knowledge and theoretical insights about these matters.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course the student will be able to design a proper interaction between human partner and robotic platform leveraging on its cognitive and social skills.

In particular the student will be able to:

• understand and use the action and perceptual skill of the robot in relation to the action and perceptual skills of the human counterpart.
• run human-robot interaction  experiment knowning how to measure behaviour response and self-evaluated human interaction.
• design interaction between technology taking in consideration the developement process and the impairment of the human counterpart. 

PREREQUISITES

For the course, the students are in requirement of specific knowledge.

TEACHING METHODS

The teaching modality of the course are described as follows:

• Approximately 20 hours are used to present the basic concepts at the basis of human robot interaction based on action and perception loops through regular lessons.
• The remaining hours are used for interactive and practical sessions that teach how proper human robot interaction is designed with the teacher`s support.
• A final one all-comprising exercise is proposed to the class

A continuous assessment will be made on the final all-comprising exercise and the process to obtain the final solution of the exercise.

Lessons attendence is mandatory.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

For the 4 CFU of the course, the class will cover the following topics:

• action and perceptual skill of the robot in relation to the action and perceptual skills of the human counterpart.
• human-robot interaction and  experimental protocol  knowning how to measure behaviour response and self-evaluated human interaction.
• interaction between technology and humans taking in consideration the development process and the impairment of the human counterpart. 

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

FRANCESCO REA (President)

FULVIO MASTROGIOVANNI

RENATO UGO RAFFAELE ZACCARIA (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

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EXAMS

Exam schedule