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ECE 4340/7340 and CS 4730/7730 Outline: Building
Intelligent Robots |
Spring, 2009 |
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Week |
Date |
Monday |
Lab |
Wednesday |
Friday |
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1 |
1/19
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NO LAB |
Course intro |
Braitenberg vehicles |
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2 |
1/26 |
Intro to robotics / historical perspective |
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Intro to C (Dr. Han) |
Intro to C (Dr. Han) |
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3 |
2/2 |
Hierarchical Paradigm STRIPS |
Robot kit: motors/sensors |
Motors and gears, Locomotion |
Locomotion, Kinematics |
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4 |
2/9 |
Kinematics |
Work on project #1 |
Kinematics |
Kinematics |
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5 |
2/16 |
Kinematics |
Project #1 Due |
Biological Foundations / Animal
Behaviors |
Reactive Paradigm Brooks' paper |
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6 |
2/23 |
Reactive Paradigm |
camera |
Sensing & perception |
Sensing & perception |
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7 |
3/2 |
Sensing & perception |
Work on project #2 |
Sensing & perception |
Sensing & perception |
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8 |
3/9 |
Sensing & perception |
Work on project #2 |
No class - Work on project#2. Eng. Open House Demos on Thursday, Mar.
12 |
Sensing & perception; Review for exam |
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9 |
3/16 |
Exam #1 |
Project #2 Due |
Overview of Image
processing (Dr. Han) |
No class on Friday |
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3/23 |
Spring break |
Spring break |
Spring break |
Spring break |
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10 |
3/30 |
Hybrid Architectures |
Obstacle avoidance |
Hybrid Architectures |
Topological navigation |
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11 |
4/6 |
Topological Navigation Mataric |
Start
on project
#3 |
Localization |
Localization & Map Building |
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12 |
4/13 |
Localization in grid map Schultz short paper |
Work
on project
#3 |
Planning & Navigation |
Planning & Navigation |
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13 |
4/20 |
Action selection via fuzzy logic Yen |
Work
on project
#3 |
Multi-robot systems Mataric Background: Reynolds |
Multi-robot systems Murphy & Lisetti |
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14 |
4/27 |
Multi-robot systems Parker |
Project #3 Due |
Robot soccer |
Human-robot interaction Trafton |
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15 |
5/4 |
Human-robot interaction Grace |
More Project #3 demos |
(take-home) Exam #2 |
Reading day. No class |
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16 |
5/11 |
FINALS WEEK No Final Exam |
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Take-Home Exam Due |
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