Schedule
This schedule is provisional. Watch this space for changes.
| Date | Topic | Readings* | Homework |
| Th Jan 15 | Intro; physical computation and embodied intelligence | ||
| T Jan 20 | Lab 1: Kit checkout, design process, design with legos | 1 | HW1 out |
| Th Jan 22 | Intelligent creatures; Braitenberg Vehicles | 2, 3 | |
| T Jan 27 | Lab 2: NXT programming and lego vehicles | HW1 due HW2 out |
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| Th Jan 29 | Subsumption architecture; Feedback control | 4 | |
| T Feb 3 | Lab 3: Motors, encoders | 5 | HW2 due HW3 out |
| Th Feb 5 | Locomotion, chassis and odometry | ||
| T Feb 10 | Lab 4: Wavefront algorithm | HW3 due HW4 out |
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| Th Feb 12 | Motion planning I: configuration space | 6 | |
| T Feb 17 | Lab 5: More motion planning | c-space | HW4 due HW5 out |
| Th Feb 19 | No class: Monday schedule | ||
| T Feb 24 | Lab 6: Sensor-based localization | HW5 due HW6 out |
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| Th Feb 26 | Mapping | ||
| T Mar 3 | Lab Project 1: Navigate an unknown maze | HW6 due Project 1 out |
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| Th Mar 5 | Rigid body motions | ||
| T Mar 10 | Lab 7: Project 1 checkpoint | Project 1 checkpoint | |
| Th Mar 12 | Forward and inverse kinematics | ||
| March 14-22: Spring Break | |||
| T Mar 24 | Lab Project 1 demos Manipulators | Project 1 due HW7 out |
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| Th Mar 26 | Project review; Grasping | Project 2 out | |
| T Mar 31 | Lab 8: Manipulator control | HW7 due | |
| Th Apr 2 | Bio-inspired robotics | Project 2 proposal due Fri April 3 |
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| T Apr 7 | Lab: Project work | ||
| Th Apr 9 | Distributed robotics | ||
| T Apr 14 | Lab: Project work | Project 2 checkpoint | |
| Th Apr 16 | Guest Lecture: Will Bosworth, Seegrid Co. Commercial / industrial robotics | ||
| W Apr 22 | Special time: 12 noon - Open Block Project 2 demos at CEEO | Project 2 demo | |
| Th Apr 23 | Course wrap-up, final words, evaluations | ||
| Final project 2 reports due Tuesday, May 5, by 11:59pm | |||
*Refers to the numbered Assigned readings.