SOW-MKI68
Cognitive Robotics
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleSOW-MKI68
Credits (ECTS)6
Category-
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Social Sciences; Artificial Intelligence;
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator
dr. S. Thill
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Contactperson for the course
dr. S. Thill
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Examiner
dr. S. Thill
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Academic year2021
Period
SEM1  (06/09/2021 to 28/01/2022)
Starting block
SEM1
Course mode
full-time
Remark
Please note: if you do not yet have a master's registration, you are not yet registered for the tests for this course.
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesNo
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
To obtain an overview on human-robot interaction and cognitive robotics in general, including actual robotics research at the Donders Institute, and to obtain hands-on experience with cognitive architectures for robots and robot simulation software.
Content
The course will cover the state of the art in cognitively inspired robotics and cognitive architectures. It will cover examples from, amongst others, human-robot interaction, social robotics, and developmental robotics. It further gives an introduction to Nengo, a general framework for cognitive architectures using spiking neural networks that can run on neuromorphic hardware. 
Level
AI-MA
Presumed foreknowledge
Programming skills in Python will be useful in this course.
Test information
For the first part of the course, you will write a popular-science-magazine-style opinion article about current research in Cognitive Robotics.

For the second part of the course, you will implement a cognitive agent which solves given tasks. You will document your solution in a report.

Both the opinion article and the report need to score a passing grade. A failed component can be resubmitted once improved given the feedback obtained, with the grade capped at 7.
Specifics

Instructional modes
Lecture

Practical Sessions
Attendance MandatoryYes

Remark
Attendance required

Tests
Report
Test weight50
Test typeReport
OpportunitiesBlock SEM1, Block SEM2

Article
Test weight50
Test typeProject
OpportunitiesBlock SEM1, Block SEM2