| Week | Date | Topic | Handbook | Readings (5023) | Out | Due (5023) |
| 1 |
August 24 |
Course Intro/Overview | 1 | ROS Documentation |
Tech Paper |
— |
|
August 26 |
Deliberative Paradigm | 14 | — | HW1 | — | |
|
August 28 |
Deliberative Paradigm | 14 |
Mowforth & Grant
— |
— | Topic ¶ | |
| 2 |
August 31 |
Deliberative Paradigm Introduction to Reactive Robotics |
14, 13 |
Pennings
— |
HW2 | — |
|
September 2 |
Reactive Paradigm | 13 |
Brooks1 Zobel Ch 1 |
— | HW1 | |
|
September 4 |
Reactive Paradigm | 13 |
Brooks2 Zobel Ch 10-11 |
— | References | |
| 3 |
September 7 |
No Class (Labor Day) | — | — | — | — |
|
September 9 |
Hybrid Deliberative/Reactive Paradigm | 12 |
Thrun Zobel Ch 12-13 |
— |
HW2 |
|
|
September 11 |
Hybrid Paradigm | 12 |
Simmons Zobel Ch 9 |
HW3 | — | |
| 4 |
September 14 |
Hybrid Paradigm | 12 |
Albus Zobel Ch 2 |
PR1 | — |
|
September 16 |
Wheeled Robots |
24 |
— Zobel Ch 3 |
— | — | |
|
September 18 |
Sensing and Estimation Inertial, GPS, and Odometry |
5, 29 |
— Zobel Ch 3 |
HW4 | HW3 | |
| 5 |
September 21 |
Sensing and Estimation Inertial, GPS, and Odometry |
5, 29 |
— Zobel Ch 4 |
— | — |
|
September 23 |
Sonar Sensing Range Sensing |
30, 31 |
— Zobel Ch 8 |
— | — | |
|
September 25 |
3-D Vision for Navigation Multisensor Data Fusion |
32, 35 |
— Zobel Ch 8 |
— |
HW4 Draft Tech Review 1 |
|
| 6 |
September 28 |
3-D Vision for Navigation Multisensor Data Fusion |
32, 35 |
— Zobel Ch 5-7 |
— | PR1 |
|
September 30 |
World Modeling | 45 |
— Zobel Ch 14 |
— |
Draft Tech Slides |
|
|
October 2 |
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) | 46 |
— Zobel Ch 14 |
HW5 PR2 |
— | |
| 7 |
October 5 |
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) | 46 | — | — | — |
|
October 7 |
Motion Planning and Obstacle Avoidance | 47 | — | — | — | |
|
October 9 |
Major Project (MP) Work | — | — |
HW6 MP |
HW5 Tech Slides Feedback |
|
| 8 |
October 12 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — | — |
|
October 14 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — | — | |
|
October 16 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — |
HW6 Review 1 Feedback |
|
| 9 |
October 19 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — | PR2 |
|
October 21 |
EXAM | Chapters Listed |
Tech Readings Listed (not Zobel) |
— | — | |
|
October 23 |
EXAM | Chapters Listed |
Tech Readings Listed (not Zobel) |
— | — | |
| 10 |
October 26 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — | Final Tech Slides |
|
October 28 |
Tech Review Presentations |
— | — | — | — | |
|
October 30 |
Tech Review Presentations |
— | — | — | — | |
| 11 |
November 2 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — |
Final Tech Review 1 |
|
November 4 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — | — | |
|
November 6 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 |
November 9 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — |
Draft Tech Review 2 |
|
November 11 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — |
Draft PR Slides |
|
|
November 13 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — | — | |
| 13 |
November 16 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — | — |
|
November 18 |
Project Progress Reports (PRs) |
— | — | — | Final PR Slides | |
|
November 20 |
Project Progress Reports (PRs) |
— | — | — | Review 2 Feedback | |
| 14 |
November 23 |
Major Project Work |
— | — | — |
Draft Report |
|
November 25 |
No Class (Thanksgiving) |
— | — | — | — | |
|
November 27 |
No Class (Thanksgiving) |
— | — | — | — | |
| 15 |
November 30 |
Project Discussions with Groups | — | — | — | — |
|
December 2 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — |
Final Tech Review 2 |
|
|
December 4 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — |
Draft Poster |
|
| 16 |
December 7 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — | — |
|
December 9 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — | Final Report | |
|
December 11 |
Project Poster Presentations | — | — | — | Final Poster | |
| Finals | None! |
Rejoice, you are all done! (With this class, of course.) |
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