Announcements
- 05/05/2023: The final project presentation recording is available on YouTube!
- 05/04/2023: Please fill in the course evaluation and send the proof of completion to the instructor for five extra points!
- 05/03/2023: Please join in this Zoom link for the final presentation!
- 05/03/2023: We will have the open-ended project final presentations during class on May 3 2023. Each team will have 15 minutes including Q&A to present their project. Please include (live) demos of your project if possible. Final project report is due at 7p on May 10 2023 to the instructor.
- 04/06/2023: We will have the open-ended project mid-project presentations during class on April 12 2023. Each team will have 5-10 minutes to present their project progress and future plans.
- 04/06/2023: The standardized project grade is published on Blackboard!
- 03/19/2023: Please submit your open-ended project proposal document (3-5 pages) before class on March 22 2023, which will summarize your presentation last week and incorporate all the comments and suggestions you received from the class. Please detail what the deliverables of the project will be by the end of the semester.
- 03/19/2023: We will wrap up the standardized project with a final 5-min presentation each team to share with the class the approach you took to tackle the BARN Challenge during class on March 22 2023.
- 03/07/2023: For the standard project submission, you only need to submit the link to your code for evaluation before the 7p March 8 2023 deadline. While your navigation system will be evaluated during spring break, you will need to prepare a 5-min presentation about the approach you took to tackle the BARN Challenge during class on March 22. ...
- 03/01/2023: We will have the open-ended project proposal presentations during class on March 8 2023. Each team will have 5-10 minutes to present their project ideas.
- 03/01/2023: The standardized project final submission is due at 7p March 8 2023. Please email the instructor and TA your submission, include your team name, and cc your team members.
- 02/08/2023: Please send proof of progress of the standardized project to the instructor by 7p February 15 2023 (as instructed in class). Please also start brainstorm your open-ended project ideas.
- 01/29/2023: Team formation is due February 1 2023 after class (you can use the class time as the last opportunity to finalize your team members). Please email your team information to the instructor after class (name, email, and G#).
- 01/01/2023: Welcome to GMU CS685 Spring 2023 Section 001! First class 7:20pm - 10:00pm, Wednesday, January 25 2023, Horizon Hall 2107.
Course Staff
Teaching Assistant
Amirreza Payandeh
Office: Online
Office Hour: by Appointment
Email: apayande@gmu.edu
Office: Online
Office Hour: by Appointment
Email: apayande@gmu.edu
Recommended Textbooks
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