Autonomous Robots and Agents

The course aims to introduce Autonomous Robotics, with a particular focus on the synergies between this and the Multiagent Systems area. The goal is to equip students with the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to design and develop the computational modules of robots and autonomous agents in a variety of application domains. Building on the foundations of the mathematical and computational models of the most widely used robotic systems, such as mobile robots or manipulators, we will explore the techniques that today and, in the future, will play a key role in equipping systems composed by one or more robots with the ability to plan and act autonomously in their environment.

The student will gain an understanding, from a computer science perspective, of the fundamental concepts underlying autonomous robotics and multi-agent systems and how to apply them to a selection of relevant problems. On a more practical side, the student will learn to develop and experiment with autonomous robotic platforms in simulation and/or reality.