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| FFR125 - Autonomous agents |
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| Owner: FCMAS |
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5,0 Credits (ECTS 7,5) |
| Grading: TH - Five, Four, Three, Not passed |
| Level: C |
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Department: 16 - PHYSICS
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Teaching language: English
Maximum participants: 35
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Contact examiner |
In programs
FCMAS MSc PROGRAMME IN COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS, Year 1 (compulsory)
TDATA COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING - Other elective courses, Year 4 (elective)
TTFYA ENGINEERING PHYSICS, Year 4 (elective)
Examiner:
Professor
Mattias Wahde
Eligibility:
For single subject courses within Chalmers programmes the same eligibility requirements apply, as to the programme(s) that the course is part of.
Aim
The course aims at giving the students an understanding of design principles for autonomous systems, both robots and software agens, and also gives students the opportunity to apply their knowledge in practice by constructing a simple autonomous robot.
Content
The course consists of lectures, which include the following topics:
- Theory of autonomous robots, kinematics and dynamics
- Behavior-based robotics
- Evolutionary robotics
- Utility theory, behavioral economics, theory of rational decision-making
- Behavioral organization in autonomous robots
- Artificial life
- Swarm intelligence
- Software agents, particularly, agent-based economics
- Learning in autonomous agents
- Robot construction
In addition, a robot construction project is carried out.
Organisation
The lecture part is intended to give the students a solid theoretical understanding of autonomous agents and how they can interact. The project part is carried out in small groups and is intended to give students an opportunity to apply their knowledge to to the problem of building a small autonomous robot.
Literature
Floreano, D. and Nolfi, S. Evolutionary robotics.
Arkin, R.C. Behavior-based robotics.
Handouts (provided by the lecturer).
Examination
Home problems and a small mid-term exam. In addition, the robot construction project will be graded.