Week 13: Conversational Robotics

The final week focuses on the integration of cutting-edge Generative AI to enable natural, conversational interaction with the humanoid robot.

Topics Covered

• Integrating GPT Models for Conversational AI: Using large language models to provide the robot with advanced reasoning and dialogue capabilities.
• Speech Recognition and Natural Language Understanding: Techniques to process human speech into actionable commands and contextual understanding.
• Multi-modal Interaction: Combining different forms of input (speech, gesture, vision) to enhance the richness and reliability of human-robot communication.

Course Assessments

The following major assessments are completed in this week:

1. ROS 2 Package Development Project
2. Gazebo Simulation Implementation
3. Isaac-based Perception Pipeline
4. Capstone: Simulated humanoid robot with conversational AI (The final, integrated project).