CSCI - 545
Introduction to Robotics

Tentative Schedule


LECTURE SCHEDULE

July 1

Class info + Introduction to Robotics (chapter )

 Chapter 1 (slides)

 

Basics of robotics

July 2

Actuators

Notes (actuators)

July 6

Sensors

(sensors) (linear algebra)

 

July 7

Linear algebra+ rigid body

Chapter 2 (slides)

 

July 8

Rigid body + coordinate systems

 

 

Kinematics & Inverse Kinematics

July 9

Kinematics

Chapter 3

HW1

July 13

Inverse Kinematics + Velocity Kinematics

Chapter 4 

HW2 due (07/17/09)

July 14

Angular velocity

Chapter 4 

 

July 15

Linear velocity

Chapter 4 (Lec7)

 

July 16

Singularity

Chapter 4 

HW3

July 20

Force and torque

Chapter 4  (slides)

Dynamics

July 21

Dynamics

Chapter 7 (slides + 2)

 

Mobile Robots

July 22

Dynamics

 

 

July 23

Midterm

 

 

Planning and Control

July 27

Path & Trajectory planning

Chapter 5 (slides 1)

 

July 28

Probabilistic Roadmaps

Chapter 5 (slides 2 + 3)

 

July 29

Trajectory planning

 

 

July 30

Mobile Robots

 

 

Aug. 3

Mobile Robots

Notes (slides

 

Localization and SLAM

Aug. 4

Mobile robots

 

 

Aug. 5

Basics of probability

Probability slides

 

Aug. 6

Localization

Slides

 

Aug. 10

Review

 

Aug. 11

Final exam