CptS 483: Introduction to Robotics    
Fall 2014


 
Matthew E. Taylor (Matt)
taylorm@eecs.wsu.edu
EME 137
 
TA Hours: (in Dana 3)
3-5pm Tuesday
12pm-2pm Wednesday
 
Piazza link: (discussions)
http://piazza.com/wsu/fall2014/cpt_s483/home
Github link: (code and background)
https://github.eecs.wsu.edu/pages/flukolo/Cpts483-Intro-To-Robotics/   
 
Dana 3 Open Hours:
Wednesday: 7-9pm
Thursday: 5:30-9pm
 
Syllabus: Fall 2014
 
Pre-Requisite: Familiarity with Linux
Co-Requisite: CptS 440 or permission of the instructor
 
Textbook: Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots,
Second Edition, 2011.
Siegwart, Nourbakhsh, and Scaramuzza.
ISBN-10: 0262015358
 
 
Shakey



Schedule

      
Date
Topic
Assignment Due
8/26 First day of class  
8/28 Control Architectures, ROS Intro  
9/2 Sensors, Vision Lab 1: Intro to ROS. Submit to Angel by 11:59pm on 9/1.
9/4 Sensors  
9/9 Legged Control, Kinematics  
9/11 Kinematics Read pages 57-67
9/16 Class time for lab 3 Lab 2: Simulated Turtlebot. Due by 11:59pm on 9/15.
9/18 Class time for lab 3  
9/23 Class time for lab 3  
9/25 Kinematics review; Search and Path Planning Lab 3: Physical Turtlebot. Due by 11:59pm on 9/26.
9/30 Search and Map Representations (chapter 6)  
10/2 Localization and probability (chapter 5)  
10/7 In-class Exercise: Turtlebot Vision  
10/9 More in-class work on vision (see example code)  
10/14 Localization  
10/16 Localization and SLAM  
10/21 Class time to work on simulated ARDrone control Lab 4 due by 11:59pm on 10/20
10/23 Learning and Optimization  
10/28 Learning from Humans Lab 5 due by 11:59pm on 10/27
10/30 Class time for lab 6  
11/4 Human Robot Interaction  
11/6 Guest lecture: Simple Intelligence  
11/13 Guest Lecture: Robots for Gerontechnology Lab 6 due by 11:59pm on 11/12
11/18 Guest Lecture: Darpa Robotics Challenge + Human/Robot Collaboration  
11/20 Guest Lecture: Learning and Vision Final Project Proposal due by 11:59pm on 11/21
12/2 Reinforcement Learning    
12/4 Reinforcement Learning, part 2  
12/9 Multi-Robot (Multi-agent) Systems  
12/11 Wrap-up of course  
12/16, 8-10am Final Project Presentations Final Projects turned in by Thursday, 12/18, 11:59pm