Robótica Social e Interação Humanos-Robôs

Very good course, there's barely anything to say here. The theoretical classes are great, some parts can be boring (the statistical ones) but that's a small part of everything - tons of videos are shown, and you discover new things about what's happening in this specific area with one of the most well-qualified people to speak about it - prof. Ana Paiva.

About the project, you choose one of the robots (Dash, Elmo, Sphero, I don't remember if there were others) and you do something creative and social. It doesn't need to be something super hard, it just needs to have a question with which you...

There’s no exam, and the professors are incredible, super helpful, approachable, and genuinely invested in your success. It really feels like they want you to learn and enjoy the course, not stress over grades.

Instead of an exam, you write a paper on an assigned topic. It sounds like it could be boring but no. The topics are interesting, you get several options to choose from, and they provide materials and guidance so you’re never completely lost.

The theoretical classes were actually the only lectures I genuinely enjoyed going to. Ana Paiva is clearly very comfortable with these topics...

teachers didn't give coherent feedback, contents very poor

Social Robots is the best course you can take: There's no exam, and the professors are incredible and super helpful. I even sent an email at the end thanking them for the course.

You need to write a paper on an assigned topic, but it's really fun because the topics are interesting, you have several to choose from, and they provide materials to guide you.

Labs

The labs are somewhat useless, but they're good for getting feedback on your project. The professor helps you choose the best approach so you don't do something too difficult or too easy.

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I wouldn’t really recommend it.

Lectures

The theoretical classes were pretty much useless. There were no tests, quizzes, or anything, so you only needed some minimal understanding of the slides to write a few reports.

By the end of the term, there were like 5 people on Zoom, including the professor.

I can’t comment on the labs because I didn’t attend. I had another class at the same time.

Project

I personally kinda liked it, but that’s just me. It was more tedious than anything, really — you basically picked one of the available robots, created some interaction, and found...