CS485-Spring2025

• 04/28/2025: Please fill in the course evaluation and send the proof of completion to the instructor for three extra points!
• 04/28/2025: We will have our open-ended project final presentation on April 30 2025 (Four Musketeers, Autobots, Go Robots, DeepSee, and Team 1) and May 5 2025 (Serpens, Junes, WALL-F, and Codemunchers). Each team has 12 minutes for presentation plus 3 minutes for Q&A! Please live demo your project if possible. The final report is due on May 11 2025.
• 04/20/2023: The class on Monday, April 21, will be online and asynchronous. Please watch the recording here here. Make sure you watch it before Wednesday's class since there may be a quiz related with the content in this lecture.
• 04/15/2025: The 2nd (last) midterm is scheduled on April 16 2023. The midterm will last the entire class time and calculators are allowed during the exam.
• 04/07/2025: We will have our open-ended project mid-project presentation on April 9 2025 (each team 8 minutes plus 2 minutes Q&A)!
• 04/07/2025: Assignment 4 is out, which is due April 28 2025 before class (hand in paper copies or send electronic copies via email).
• 03/17/2025: Assignment 3 is out, which is due April 7 2025 before class (hand in paper copies or send electronic copies via email).
• 03/03/2023: The proposal document for the open-ended project is due March 24 2023 before class.
• 03/03/2023: The report document for the standardized project is due March 17 2023 before class. Please also send in your code (github link or zip file) and a screen recording of launching The BARN Challenge.
• 03/03/2023: We will have our open-ended project proposal presentation on March 17 2025 and standardized project presentation on March 19 2025 (each team 5-10 minutes, including discussions and feedback)!
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• 03/03/2023: The midterm is scheduled on March 5 5 2025. The midterm will last the entire class time and calculators are allowed during the exam.
• 02/24/2023: Assignment 2 is out, which is due March 17 2025 before class (hand in paper copies or send electronic copies via email).
• 02/12/2025: Class is canceled today due to university closure. Please use the extra time to work on your BARN Challenge and your homework 1! We will meet again in-person next Monday!
• 02/03/2023: Assignment 1 is out, which is due February 24 2025 before class (hand in paper copies or send electronic copies via email).
• 02/03/2023: The standardized project team formation is due February 5 2025 before class. Email the instructor and TA your team name, team members' name, G#, and email.
• 01/02/2025: Welcome to GMU CS485 Spring 2025 Section 001! First class 4:30pm - 5:45pm, Wednesday, January 22 2023, Horizon Hall 1008.

Instructor

Xuesu Xiao
Office: RSCH 165 or Online
Office Hour: by Appointment
Email: xiao@gmu.edu

Teaching Assistant

Tong Xu
Office: Online
Office Hour: by Appointment
Email: txu25@gmu.edu

Probabilistic Robotics, by Sebastian Thrun, Wolfram Burgard, and Dieter Fox, published by MIT Press

Principles of Robot Motion Theory, Algorithms, and Implementations, by Howie Choset, Kevin M. Lynch, Seth Hutchinson, George A. Kantor, Wolfram Burgard, Lydia E. Kavraki, and Sebastian Thrun, published by MIT Press

Planning Algorithms, by Steven M. LaValle, published by Cambridge University Press