| Week | Date | Topic | D&J | Readings (5023) | Out | Due (5023) |
| 1 |
August 18 |
Course Intro/Overview | 1 | ROS Documentation | — | — |
|
August 20 |
Deliberative Paradigm | 7.1, 7.5 | Mowforth & Grant | — | — | |
| 2 |
August 25 |
Deliberative Paradigm, Cont. Introduction to Reactive Robotics |
7.1. 7.5 7.2 |
Mowforth & Grant Pennings |
— | — |
|
August 27 |
Reactive Paradigm | 7.2 |
Brooks1; Brooks2 Zobel Ch 1, 10-11 |
HW1 Tech |
— | |
| 3 |
September 1 |
No Class (Labor Day) |
— | — | — | — |
|
September 3 |
Hybrid Deliberative/Reactive Paradigm | 7.3 |
Thrun; Simmons Zobel Ch 12-13 |
PR1 |
Topic ¶ | |
| 4 |
September 8 |
Hybrid Paradigm Cont. | 7.3 |
Albus Zobel Ch 9 |
— | HW1 |
|
September 10 |
Hybrid Paradigm, Cont. Approaches, Odds & Ends |
7.3 rest of 7 |
Albus Zobel Ch 2 |
HW2 | References | |
| 5 |
September 15 |
Robotics in a Nutshell Robot Hardware |
2 3* |
— Zobel Ch 3 |
— | — |
|
September 17 |
Non-Visual Sensors | 4 |
— Zobel Ch 4 |
— | HW2 | |
| 6 |
September 22 |
Vision-Based Sensing | 5 |
— Zobel Ch 8 |
HW3 | Draft Review |
|
September 24 |
Spatial Representation & Reasoning | 6 |
— Zobel Ch 5-7 |
HW4 | — | |
| 7 |
September 29 |
Localization | 8 |
— Zobel Ch 14 |
— |
HW3 Draft Tech Slides |
|
October 1 |
Mapping | 9 | — | HW5 | HW4 | |
| 8 |
October 6 |
Project 2 (PR2) Work | — | — | PR2 | PR1 |
|
October 8 |
Project 2 (PR2) Work | — | — | — | HW5 | |
| 9 |
October 13 |
Major Project (MP) Work | — | — | MP | PR2 |
|
October 15 |
EXAM | 1-9 |
All Readings (not Zobel) |
— | — | |
| 10 |
October 20 |
Review Presentations |
— | — | — | Final Tech Slides |
|
October 22 |
Review Presentations |
— | — | — | Final Review | |
| 11 |
October 27 |
Review Presentations | — | — | — | — |
|
October 29 |
Review Presentations | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 |
November 3 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — |
Draft PR Slides |
|
November 5 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — |
Draft Tech Comparison |
|
| 13 |
November 10 |
Project Progress Reports (PRs) |
— | — | — | Final PR Slides |
|
November 12 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — | — | |
| 14 |
November 17 |
Major Project Work |
— | — | — | — |
|
November 19 |
Project Discussions with Groups | — | — | — |
Draft Report |
|
| 15 |
November 24 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — |
Final Tech Comparison |
|
November 26 |
No Class (Thanksgiving Vacation) | — | — | — | — | |
| 16 |
December 1 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — |
Draft Poster |
|
December 3 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — | Final Report | |
|
December 5 |
Project Poster Presentations | — | — | — | Final Poster | |
| Finals | None! |
Rejoice, you are all done! (With this class, of course.) |
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