CS 4023/5023, Introduction to Intelligent Robotics — Spring 2016
Schedule (subject to change)

Week Date Topic D&J Readings (5023) Out Due (5023)
1 January
19
Course Intro/Overview 1 ROS Documentation Tech
January
21
Deliberative Paradigm 7.1, 7.5 Mowforth & Grant
2 January
26
Deliberative Paradigm, Cont.
Introduction to Reactive Robotics
7.1. 7.5
7.2
Mowforth & Grant
Pennings
January
28
Reactive Paradigm 7.2 Brooks1; Brooks2
Zobel Ch 1, 10-11
3 February
2
Hybrid Deliberative/Reactive Paradigm 7.3 Thrun; Simmons
Zobel Ch 12-13
HW3 Topic ¶
February
4
Hybrid Paradigm Cont. 7.3 Albus
Zobel Ch 9
HW1
4 February
9
Hybrid Paradigm, Cont.
Approaches, Odds & Ends
7.3
rest of 7
Albus
Zobel Ch 2
HW2
HW4
HW3
February
11
Robotics in a Nutshell
Robot Hardware
2
3*

Zobel Ch 3
HW1 References
5 February
16
Non-Visual Sensors 4
Zobel Ch 4
PR1 HW2
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
PR2 PR1
7 March
1
Mapping 9 HW6 HW5
Draft Tech
Slides
March
3
Project Two (PR2) Work
8 March
8
Project Two (PR2) Work HW6
PR2
March
10
Major Project (MP) Work MP
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.)
*You may skip sections 3.1.8 – 3.1.12.