CS 4023/5023, Introduction to Intelligent Robotics — Spring 2017
Schedule (subject to change)

Week Date Topic D&J Readings (5023) Out Due (5023)
1 January
17
Course Intro/Overview 1 ROS Documentation Tech
January
19
Deliberative Paradigm 7.1, 7.5 Mowforth & Grant
2 January
24
Deliberative Paradigm, Cont.
Introduction to Reactive Robotics
7.1. 7.5
7.2
Mowforth & Grant
Pennings
January
26
Reactive Paradigm 7.2 Brooks1; Brooks2
Zobel Ch 1, 10-11
3 January
31
Hybrid Deliberative/Reactive Paradigm 7.3 Thrun; Simmons
Zobel Ch 12-13
HW1 HW3
February
2
Hybrid Paradigm Cont. 7.3 Albus
Zobel Ch 9
HW2
Topic ¶
4 February
7
Hybrid Paradigm, Cont.
Approaches, Odds & Ends
7.3
rest of 7
Albus
Zobel Ch 2
HW4 HW1
HW3
February
9
Robotics in a Nutshell
Robot Hardware
2
3*

Zobel Ch 3
HW2
References
5 February
14
Non-Visual Sensors 4
Zobel Ch 4
PR1 HW4
February
16
Vision-Based Sensing 5
Zobel Ch 8
HW5 Draft Review
6 February
21
Spatial Representation & Reasoning 6
Zobel Ch 5-7
February
23
Localization 8
Zobel Ch 14
PR2 PR1
7 February
28
Mapping 9 HW6 HW5
Draft Tech
Slides
March
2
Project Two (PR2) Work
8 March
7
Project Two (PR2) Work HW6
PR2
March
9
Major Project (MP) Work MP
9 March
14
No Class (Spring Break)
March
16
No Class (Spring Break)
10 March
21
EXAM 1-9 All Readings
(not Zobel)
March
23
Review Presentations
Final Tech Slides
11 March
28
Review Presentations
March
30
Review Presentations
Major Project Work
Final Review
12 April
4
Major Project Work
April
6
Major Project Work Draft PR Slides
13 April
11
Major Project Work Draft Tech
Comparison
April
13
Project Progress Reports (PRs)
Final PR Slides
14 April
18
Major Project Work
April
20
Major Project Work
15 April
25
Project Discussions with Groups Draft
Report
April
27
Major Project Work Final Tech
Comparison
16 May
2
Major Project Work Draft
Poster
May
4
Major Project Work Final Report
May
5
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.