Schedule

All deadlines are 11:59pm CT
Homework Assignments (HW) Project Checkins Presentations

Week Monday Wednesday Assignments
1

08/26 & 08/28

Introduction & Logistics Topic Brainstorming Session

Literature Review Begins

2

09/02 & 09/04

Holiday No Class / Labor Day

Topic Brainstorming

Paper Standups Begin

3

09/09 & 09/11

Topic Brainstorming
Topic Brainstorming

Literature Review Deadline

4

09/16 & 09/18

Proposal Workshop I
Proposal Workshop II
5

09/23 & 09/25

Project Proposals

Project Proposals

6

09/30 & 10/02

Working Session Working Session
7

10/07 & 10/09

RL Lecture Series 1
Project Check-in
RL Lecture Series 2
8

10/14 & 10/16

RL Lecture Series 3 Working Session
9

10/21 & 10/23

Project Check-in Working Session
10

10/28 & 10/30

Working Session Working Session
11

11/04 & 11/06

Project Check-in Working Session
12

11/11 & 11/13

Working Session Working Session
13

11/18 & 11/20

Project Check-in Working Session
14

11/25 & 11/27

Thanksgiving Holiday Thanksgiving Holiday
15

12/02 & 12/04

Working Session Final Presentations
15

12/09

Final Presentations Final Papers and Code Due 11:59pm on December 16, 2024.

Additional materials

  • Intro to Robotics John J. Craig, Addison-Wesley Publishing, Inc., 1989.
  • Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control Kevin Lynch and Frank Park, Cambridge University Press. Link.
  • Robotics, Vision, and Control Peter Corke, Springer, 2011.