Course Information
Course Title: Advanced Topics in Embodied Intelligence
Course ID: 263-5908-00L
Lecturers: Dr. Xi Wang
Teaching Assistants: Yung-Hsu (Roy) Yang
Venue: Tues. 16:15-18:00h, CAB G 52
Course Description :
This seminar provides an overview of techniques in the field of embodied intelligence. It aims to provide an overview of techniques in embodied intelligence, including perception, sensing, language and planning, and how these disciplines are integrated to build embodied intelligence. This seminar opens with basics in embodied intelligence and briefly reviews the main disciplines related to the topic. Students will read, present and discuss the papers selected for the course and gain an understanding of research in this area. Introduction slides will be online at the course website. There are no prerequisites for this seminar, however, it will help if the student has taken classes in machine learning or computer vision.
Workload
- Attend all classes and participate in discussions.
- Read 1-2 papers per week before each seminar meeting.
- Present paper and lead discussion once.
- Write a follow-up project proposal as a long abstract.
- Attendance is mandatory: Max. 2 absences - virtual option available in justified cases, e.g. sickness, travel, ... etc.
Slides & Paper List:
We provide slides as well as the paper list excel in ETH Google Workspace. Please use your ETH account to access the files.
Slides:
Paper List:
Speaker Schedule:
| Date | Speaker 1 | Topic 1 | Speaker 2 | Topic 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 17 | Alexey Gavryushin | Introduction | - | - |
| February 24 | Manthan Patel | Example Talk | Jiaxu Xing | Example Talk |
| March 10 | Peter Vrabel | Paper Link | Nielsen Cugito | Paper Link |
| March 17 | Eugene Seo | Paper Link | Silvan Bruggmann | Paper Link |
| March 24 | Sahana Betschen | Paper Link | Maximilian Seeliger | Paper Link |
| March 31 | Dohyung Kim | Paper Link | Emerson Aguiar | Paper Link |
| April 14 | Damian Herculano | Paper Link | Alexander Padula | Paper Link |
| April 21 | Frederik van der Brugge | Paper Link | Arda Cinar Demirtas | Paper Link |
| April 28 | Zhiyao Yan | Paper Link | Lucas Zurbuchen | Paper Link |
| May 5 | Ben Bullinger | Paper Link | Jakub Kontak | Paper Link |
| May 12 | Giulio Rebuffo | Paper Link | Ouyu Xu | TBD |
| May 19 | Andrei Lupasco | Paper Link | Jan Staszewicz | Paper Link |
Speaker Moderator Pairs:
- Peter Vrabel & Alexander Padula
- Nielsen Cugito & Arda Cinar Demirtas
- Eugene Seo & Zhiyao Yan
- Silvan Bruggmann & Jakub Kontak
- Sahana Betschen & Lucas Zurbuchen
- Maximilian Seeliger & Dohyung Kim
- Emerson Aguiar & Ben Bullinger
- Damian Herculano & Frederik van der Brugge
- Giulio Rebuffo & Ouyu Xu
- Andrei Lupasco & Jan Staszewicz