This is a seminar-style course where students will attend at least eight talks from a wide variety of robotics experts. The seminar series is already being delivered by the University of Toronto Robotics Institute and provides students with opportunities to learn about areas of robotics outside their thesis research. Speakers will be both internal robotics professors as well as external visitors from other universities and industry. The proposed course formalizes attendance of this seminar series as part of a larger plan to establish a Collaborative Specialization in Robotics (see next box). All seminars will be delivered either online or in hybrid delivery mode to allow attendance by students on any campus.
This continuous course will continuously roll over until a final grade or credit/no credit is entered.