| Week | Date | Topic | D&J | Readings (5023) | Out | Due (5023) |
| 1 |
January 19 |
Course Intro/Overview | 1 | ROS Documentation |
HW1 Tech |
— |
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January 21 |
Deliberative Paradigm | 7.1, 7.5 | Mowforth & Grant |
HW2 |
— | |
| 2 |
January 26 |
Deliberative Paradigm, Cont. Introduction to Reactive Robotics |
7.1. 7.5 7.2 |
Mowforth & Grant Pennings |
— | HW1 |
|
January 28 |
Reactive Paradigm | 7.2 |
Brooks1; Brooks2 Zobel Ch 1, 10-11 |
HW3 | HW2 | |
| 3 |
February 2 |
Hybrid Deliberative/Reactive Paradigm | 7.3 |
Thrun; Simmons Zobel Ch 12-13 |
PR1 |
Topic ¶ |
|
February 4 |
Hybrid Paradigm Cont. | 7.3 |
Albus Zobel Ch 9 |
— | HW3 | |
| 4 |
February 9 |
Hybrid Paradigm, Cont. Approaches, Odds & Ends |
7.3 rest of 7 |
Albus Zobel Ch 2 |
HW4 | References |
|
February 11 |
Robotics in a Nutshell Robot Hardware |
2 3* |
— Zobel Ch 3 |
— | PR1 | |
| 5 |
February 16 |
Non-Visual Sensors | 4 |
— Zobel Ch 4 |
PR2 | HW4 |
|
February 18 |
Vision-Based Sensing | 5 |
— Zobel Ch 8 |
HW5 | Draft Review | |
| 6 |
February 23 |
Spatial Representation & Reasoning | 6 |
— Zobel Ch 5-7 |
— | — |
|
February 25 |
Localization | 8 |
— Zobel Ch 14 |
— |
HW5 Draft Tech Slides |
|
| 7 |
March 1 |
Mapping | 9 | — | HW6 | — |
|
March 3 |
Major Project (MP) Work | — | — | MP | PR2 | |
| 8 |
March 8 |
Major Project (MP) Work | — | — | — | HW6 |
|
March 10 |
Major Project (MP) Work | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 |
March 15 |
No Class (Spring Break) | — | — | — | — |
|
March 17 |
No Class (Spring Break) | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 |
March 22 |
EXAM | 1-9 |
All Readings (not Zobel) |
— | — |
|
March 24 |
Review Presentations |
— | — | — | Final Tech Slides | |
| 11 |
March 29 |
Review Presentations |
— | — | — | Final Review |
|
March 31 |
Review Presentations Major Project Work |
— | — | — | — | |
| 12 |
April 5 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — | — |
|
April 7 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — |
Draft PR Slides |
|
| 13 |
April 12 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — |
Draft Tech Comparison |
|
April 14 |
Project Progress Reports (PRs) |
— | — | — | Final PR Slides | |
| 14 |
April 19 |
Major Project Work |
— | — | — | — |
|
April 21 |
Major Project Work |
— | — | — | — | |
| 15 |
April 26 |
Project Discussions with Groups | — | — | — |
Draft Report |
|
April 28 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — |
Final Tech Comparison |
|
| 16 |
May 3 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — |
Draft Poster |
|
May 5 |
Major Project Work | — | — | — | Final Report | |
|
May 6 |
Project Poster Presentations | — | — | — | Final Poster | |
| Finals | None! |
Rejoice, you are all done! (With this class, of course.) |
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