Advances in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence syllabus

Humanoid Robot Technologies: Sensors in Humanoid Robot (vision, tactile, proprioceptive, proximity, auditory, force), Control of Humanoid Robot (open-loop, closed-loop, balance, gait, joint position, whole-body), Actuation types for Humanoid Robot (electric, hydraulic, pneumatic, series elastic, shape memory alloy, magnetic), System integration in Humanoid Robot (hardware, software, power, communication, sensor-actuator, real-time). Social Robots: Social Robot (definition, characteristics, types, social interaction, emotional expression, and communication), Need of Social Robots, Assistive and Social Robots in healthcare and others (education, retail, hospitality, defense, agriculture).

Swarm Robotics: Characteristics, Swarm Robotics and multi-Robotic Systems, Experimental platforms in Swarm Robotics. Swarm Tasks and Real-World Use: Tasks in Swarm Robotics, Swarm robots used in real world applications. Smart and Warfare Robots: Smart Robots, Smart Robots applications, Robotics for warfare applications.

Robots HRI Fundamentals: Introduction to HRI, Scope, Need, Types, HRI vs. HCI, Ethical issues in HRI, Multi-modal perception, HRI Architecture (perception, decision-making, action execution, feedback loop, ROS/NAOqi middleware). Collaborative Robots (Cobots): Definition and characteristics of Cobots, Difference between Cobots and industrial robots, Safety standards, Types of collaboration. Cobot Applications and Technology: Applications of collaborative robots (assembly lines, pick and place, quality inspection, packaging), Collaborative robot technology (torque and force sensors, visionguided Cobots, end-effector design for safety, programming methods).

IoRT Fundamentals: Introduction to Industry 4.0, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Evolution from Industry 1.0 to 4.0, Key enabling technologies (AI, Cloud, Big Data, 5G, Edge Computing), Definition of Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT), Integration of IoT with Robotics, Cloud robotics vs. IoRT. Applications & Developments of IoRT: Industrial applications (predictive maintenance, smart manufacturing, warehouse automation), Healthcare and Agriculture applications, Smart cities and Consumer applications, Recent developments (5G-enabled IoRT, AI-driven robot fleets, digital twins).

Reasoning Natural Language Processing (NLP): Introduction, Classical approaches to Natural Language Processing, Text preprocessing, Lexical analysis, Syntactic parsing, Semantic analysis, Natural language generation, Applications. Automated Reasoning: Introduction, Methods of reasoning, Reasoning types, Use of automated reasoning in AI, Reasoning and its types, Applications for Automated Reasoning, Mathematical consideration.