16-311 Course Overview |
The following course outline is tentative. Time allotted to some topics may be modified during the semester. No student may record or tape any classroom activity without the express written consent of Howie Choset. If a student has a disability and needs to record or tape classroom activities, the student should contact the Office of Disability Resources to request an appropriate accommodation. ScheduleThis schedule is tentative from Spring 2014. It will be updated as we go through the semester. |
Week | Day | Topics | Assignments | ||
Week 1 | Mon 1/11 |
Course Overview, Logistics Waitlist students talk to Dr. Choset Survey Class robot pictures |
HW0: C Programming |
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Tue 1/12 |
Assign Teams Rube Goldberg Overview |
Rube Goldberg (Lab1) |
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Wed 1/13 |
Computer Vision Part I | HW1: Vision and Robots | |||
Week 2 |
Mon 1/18 |
MLK Day, NO CLASS | |||
Tue 1/19 |
Demo Lab 1 Location: REL |
HW0 due at beginning of class Lab 1 demo due |
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Wed 1/20 |
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HW2: Vision Programs (Lab
2(ppt)) |
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Week 3 |
Mon 1/25 |
Controls Part I | |||
Tue 1/26 |
Hand out Lego Kits(mandatory) |
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Wed 1/27 |
RobotC & the NXT kits |
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Week 4 |
Mon 2/1 |
Controls Part II Moore's Law |
HW2 due at beginning of class |
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Tue 2/2 |
Demo Lab 3 Location: REL |
Lab 3 demo due |
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Wed 2/3 |
Motion Planning Part I |
HW4: Self-Balancing Robot (Lab 4) |
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Week 5 |
Mon 2/8 |
Guest Lecturer David Wettergreen | HW3 due at beginning of class | ||
Tue 2/9 |
Demo Lab 4 |
Lab 4 demo due |
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Wed 2/10 |
Motion Planning Part II |
HW5: Motion Planning (Lab 5) |
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Week 6 |
Mon 2/15 |
Graph Search Part I |
HW4 due at beginning of class | ||
Tue 2/16 |
Demo Lab 5 |
Lab 5 demo due |
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Wed 2/17 |
Graph Search Part II Localization Part I |
HW6: Sensors (Lab 6) |
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Week 7 |
Mon 2/22 |
Localization Part II | HW5 due at beginning of class | ||
Tue 2/23 |
Demo Lab 6 |
Lab 6 demo due |
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Wed 2/24 |
Human-Robot Interaction Part I Guest lecturer Aaron Steinfield Old Exams |
HW6 due at beginning of class | |||
Week 8 |
Mon 2/29 |
MIDTERM Bring an 8 1/2 by 11 cheat sheet (both sides). |
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Tue 3/1 |
Hand back midterm Midterm Review |
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Wed 3/2 |
Hand out USAR Project Olympus Talk |
HW7/8/9: USAR (Lab 7) (due Mar 17, 24, 31) |
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Week 9 |
Mon 3/14 |
Locomotion |
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Tue 3/15 |
NO CLASS (USAR Preparation ) | HW7 (Design Proposal) due on gradescope | |||
Wed 3/16 |
Evaluate Design Proposals (Groups) | -- | |||
Week 10 |
Mon 3/21 |
USAR Open Lab Hours (no class) | -- | ||
Tue 3/22 |
USAR Checkpoint | Lab 7 Checkpoint Demo Due | |||
Wed 3/23 |
Feedback in Class and Final Contest Prep Coming Soon! |
Midterm regrade requests due in writing (attached to exam) | |||
Week 11 |
Mon 3/28 |
NO CLASS (USAR Preparation ) | -- | ||
Tue 3/29 |
USAR Demos (by appointment) |
Lab 7 Part 2 demo due |
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Wed 3/30 |
USAR Final Competition: Location: REL (NSH 3206) s Time: 10:30-12:30 |
Lab 7 Part 3 demo due |
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Week 12 |
Mon 4/4 |
USAR Wrapup Kinematics 1 Coordinate Transformations Intro |
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Tue 4/5 |
Lab 8 Presentation Kinematics 2 |
HW10: Wheel Free
(Lab 8) |
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Wed 4/6 |
Inverse Kinematics 1 | -- | |||
Week 13 |
Mon 4/11 |
Inverse Kinematics 2 |
HW11: Arm Kinematics (Lab
9) Meet Final Contest Team HW10 due at beginning of class |
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Tue 4/12 |
Demo Lab 8 |
Lab 8 demo due |
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Wed 4/13 |
Non-Holonomic Path Planning 1 | ||||
Week 14 |
Mon 4/18 |
Non-Holonomic Path Planning 2 |
HW12: Final Contest (Lab 10) HW11 due at beginning of class |
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Tue 4/19 |
Demo Lab 9 |
Lab 9 demo due |
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Wed 4/20 |
Guest Speaker: TBA | ||||
Week 15 |
Mon 4/25 |
Final Review |
HW12 due at beginning of class |
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Tue 4/26 |
No class |
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Wed 4/27 |
Demo Lab 10 (Final Contest) |
Lab 10 demo due |
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Week 16-17 |
Monday 5/9 5:30pm - 8:30pm |
FINAL EXAM Location TBA Bring an 8 1/2 by 11 cheat sheet (both sides). |
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Last updated 1/10/2016 by Trevor Decker (c) 1999-2016: Howie Choset, Carnegie Mellon |