Spring 2021 Schedule

Schedule subject to change as needed. This page will be updated to reflect any changes.

# Date Topic Assigned Due
1 Jan 26 Introduction to Robotics Robot Ordering
2 Jan 28 Tools: ROS, Docker, Python, Linux HW1
3 Feb 2 ROS Programming
4 Feb 4 Debugging Robots HW2 HW1
5 Feb 9 Introduction to Duckietown ORDER YOUR ROBOT!
6 Feb 11 ROS Programming 2 HW3, Lab1 HW2
X Feb 16 NO CLASS Monday Schedule
7 Feb 18 ROS Remapping and Parameters HW4 HW3
8 Feb 23 Introduction to Autonomy
9 Feb 25 Dynamic Systems Lab2 Lab1
10 Mar 2 Coordinate Systems
Examples
11 Mar 4 ROS TF HW5 HW4
12 Mar 9 Numerical Methods and Odometry FP
13 Mar 11 Human-Robot Interaction HW6, Lab3 HW5, Lab2
14 Mar 16 Introduction to Computer Vision
15 Mar 18 Color Filtering HW7 HW6
16 Mar 23 Robot Perception
17 Mar 25 Edge and Line Detection HW8, Lab4 HW7
18 Mar 30 Homography
19 Apr 1 Ethics and Robotics Lab 3
20 Apr 6 Path Planning
21 Apr 8 ROS Services and Actions HW9 HW8
22 Apr 13 Introduction to Controls
23 Apr 15 PID Controllers HW10, Lab5 HW9, Lab 4
24 Apr 20 Guest Lecture: Prof. Noah Jafferis
(UML ECE) Untethered Flight of the RoboBee
25 Apr 22 Guest Lecture: Dr. Dan Grollman
(Plus One Robotics) Real(ly) Rosie
HW10
26 Apr 27 Guest Lecture: Prof. Kshitij Jerath (UML ME)
Multi-Agent Systems and Artificial Societies
27 Apr 29 Trends in Robotics Lab5
FE May 6 Final Project Presentation (Grad Section)
NOTE: 6:30PM – 9:30PM
FP