Robolution

Summer School of Robotics

organized in cooperation with BEST

Date is fixed now: 28 June 2008 to 12 July 2008

Following topics/presentations are confirmed for now:

• prof. Kelemen (Silesian University in Opava, CZ)

History of the word Robot and the cultural context of robotics.

• prof. Gruhler (Fachhochschule Heilbronn, DE)

Basics of DSP on AVR processors (hands-on tutorial).

• assoc. prof. Hubinsky (FEI STU, SK)

History of the robotics.

Illustrated lecture about the history of the robotics - from ancient
inventions to the latest research projects. Information about
technical and also non-technical aspects of the robotics evolution.

• assoc. prof. Hubinsky (FEI STU, SK)

Kinematics of mobile robots.

Basic types of the mobile robot kinematics - differential drive,
tricycle, Ackermann steering, omnidirectional wheels, synchronous
drives  - basic structures, coordinate transformations, technical solutions.

• RNDr. Lucny (MicroStep-MIS, SK)

Subsumption: Brook's approach to robotics.

• RNDr. Lucny (MicroStep-MIS, SK)

How to follow a ping-pong ball (tutorial).

• Ing. Balogh (Robotika.SK)

Basic operation with a Boe-Bot mobile robot (practical workshop).

The part organized by the BEST is available here:

  http://www.best.stuba.sk/sc2008/about.html