Schedule

Week Date Lectures Assignments Standardized
Project
Open-Ended
Project
Week 1
January 22 2025
Introduction and ROS [Introduction] [ROS] Team Formation
Setting up ROS
Team Formation
Week 2
January 29 2025
Kinematics [Kinematics I] [Kinematics II] Assignment 1 out Setting up BARN Brainstorm ideas
Week 3
February 5 2025
Motion Control [Motion Control I] [Motion Control II] Setting up move_base
Team Formation due
Week 4
February 12 2025
Motion Planning (Part 1) [Motion Planning I] [Motion Planning II] Motion planning in BARN Discussions w.
Instructor and TA
Week 5
February 19 2025
Motion Planning (Part 2) [Motion Planning III] [Motion Planning IV] Assignment 2 out Implementation
Week 6
February 26 2025
Probabilistic Robotics [Probability I] Implementation
Week 7
March 5 2025
Midterm Exam 1 and Spring Recess Implementation
Week 8
March 12 2025
Spring Recess and Proposal Presentation Assignment 3 out Submission Proposal Presentation
Week 9
March 19 2025
Probabilistic Robotics [Probability II] Presentation Proposal Document due
Week 10
March 26 2025
Localization (Part 1) [Localization I]
Week 11
April 2 2025
Localization (Part 2) and Vision (Part 1) [Localization II] [Vision I] Assignment 4 out
Week 12
April 9 2025
Vision (Part 2) and Mid-Project Presentation [Vision II] Mid-Project Presentation
Week 13
April 16 2025
Midterm Exam 2 and Vision (Part 3) [Vision III]
Week 14
April 23 2025
Vision (Part 4) and Robot Learning [Vision IV] [Learning] Assignment 4 due
Week 15
April 30 2025
Final Project Presentation Final Project Presentation
Week 16
May 7 2025
Examination Period Final Report due