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Course Outline

Foundations of Robotic Manipulation and Deep Learning

  • Overview of manipulation tasks and core system components
  • Comparing traditional methods with learning-based approaches
  • The role of deep learning in perception, planning, and control

Perception Strategies for Manipulation

  • Visual sensing and object detection tailored for grasping
  • 3D vision, depth sensing, and point cloud processing techniques
  • Training CNNs for object localization and segmentation

Grasp Planning and Detection Methods

  • Review of classical grasp planning algorithms
  • Learning grasp poses through data and simulation
  • Implementing grasp detection networks such as GGCNN and Dex-Net

Control Systems and Motion Planning

  • Inverse kinematics and trajectory generation processes
  • Learning-based motion planning and imitation learning techniques
  • Applying reinforcement learning for manipulation control policies

Integration with ROS 2 and Simulation Platforms

  • Configuring ROS 2 nodes for perception and control tasks
  • Simulating robotic manipulators using Gazebo and Isaac Sim
  • Integrating neural models for real-time control operations

End-to-End Learning for Manipulation Tasks

  • Unifying perception, policy, and control within single networks
  • Leveraging demonstration data for supervised policy learning
  • Managing domain adaptation between simulation and real hardware

Evaluation and Optimization Strategies

  • Defining metrics for grasp success, stability, and precision
  • Testing performance under diverse conditions and disturbances
  • Model compression and deployment on edge devices

Practical Project: Deep Learning-Based Robotic Grasping

  • Designing a complete perception-to-action pipeline
  • Training and validating a grasp detection model
  • Integrating the developed model into a simulated robotic arm

Requirements

  • A solid grasp of robotics kinematics and dynamics
  • Proficiency in Python and popular deep learning frameworks
  • Working knowledge of ROS or comparable robotic middleware

Target Audience

  • Robotics engineers building intelligent manipulation systems
  • Specialists in perception and control focused on grasping applications
  • Researchers and advanced practitioners specializing in robot learning and AI-driven control
 28 Hours

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