Elective in Robotics

Elective in Robotics
2025/26

Marilena Vendittelli (coordinator)

Information

schedule	September 24, 2025 - December 19, 2025 (first semester); February 23, 2026 - May 29, 2026 (second semester) refer to individual module webpages (see below) for class hours
coordinator e-mail	vendittelli [at] diag [dot] uniroma1 [dot] it

Audience

Students of the Master in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the Dipartimento di Ingegneria informatica, Automatica e Gestionale (DIAG) of Sapienza Università di Roma.

Objective

The course presents a selection of recent topics in advanced robotics as an introduction to work and research in the field.

Contents

The course, which gives 12 ECTS credits, is organized in 4 modules of 3 credits each. The modules cover in a seminar fashion a number of research topics. Lectures/seminars are presented by instructors and/or by qualified external researchers. The four modules of the academic year 2025-26 are:

First semester

Module 1: Modeling and control of multi-rotor UAVs (Marilena Vendittelli)
Module 2: Underactuated Robots (Leonardo Lanari)

Second semester

Module 3: Aerial Robotics for Physical Interaction and Manipulation (Antonio Franchi) NEW
Module 4: Control of Multi-Robot Systems (Andrea Cristofaro)

For details and material, access the webpage of the individual modules by following the above links.

Prerequisites

A general background in robotics (kinematics, dynamics, planning, control), as given for example in Robotics 1, Robotics 2, and Autonomous and Mobile Robotics, is desirable but not mandatory.

Grading

To obtain 12 credits for Elective in Robotics it is necessary to complete all 4 modules (if you want to choose only two modules, you can take instead the Control Problems in Robotics course). To complete a single module, one may either give a presentation on a certain topic (based on technical papers) or complete a small project (typically involving simulations). Altogether, each student should give two (2) presentations and complete two (2) projects.

Master Theses at the Robotics Laboratory

Master Theses on the topics studied in this course are available at the DIAG Robotics Lab. More information can be found here.

Questions/comments: vendittelli [at] diag [dot] uniroma1 [dot] it