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
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