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151-0323-00L 4 Credits MSC D-ITET , D-MAVT , D-INFK
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Autonomous Mobility on Demand: From Car to Fleet

Lecturers & Examiners: Dr. Andrea Censi, Dr. Jacopo Tani
Number of participants limited to 30.
VVZ CR n/a

Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:35:19

Abstract

Autonomous Mobility on Demand systems based on self-driving cars will make a huge impact in the world. This class describes the basics of modeling, perception, planning, control and learning for self-driving cars. The focus is on integration and co-design of components and behaviors. The course has a heavy experimental component based on the Duckietown platform.

Objective

The students will learn how to design, implement and operate all parts of an architecture for a complex multi-robot system performing non trivial tasks.

Content

Development tools and best practices for software development of open source projects; single autonomous car functionalities (perception, planning, modeling and control, based primarily on vision data, complemented by learning based approaches).

Resources

Lecture Notes

Course notes will be provided for free in an electronic form. Each student will receive a Duckiebot and a small city loop.

Literature

Course notes will be provided for free in an electronic form. These are some books that can be used to provide background information or consulted as references: (1) Siegwart, Nourbakhsh, Scaramuzza - Introduction to autonomous mobile robots; (2) Norvig, Russell - Artificial Intelligent, a modern approach. (3) Peter Corke - Robotics Vision and Control (4) Oussama Khatib, Bruno Siciliano - Handbook of Robotics

Learning Materials (Links)

General Information

Language
English
Levels
MSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance
The grade will be determined by the outcome of hardware and software exercises performed throughout the semester.

Registration & Places

Limited places (Special selection)
Signup End
16.09.2020

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture with exercise Autonomous Mobility on Demand: From Car to Fleet
This course uses the Duckietown platform.
  • Mon 14:15-16:00 (HG D 1.2)
  • Wed 10:15-12:00 (ML F 38)
4 h weekly

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