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LAB DUE | ||
| 1 | January 23 | Introduction | ||||
| Monday, January 26 |
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| 2 | January 30 |
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Walter Braitenberg (Ch 1-4) |
Lisp (in class) | ||
| 3 | February 6 | More Rex Cybernetics/Dynamical Systems Robot Base Demonstrations |
Brooks (Ch 5,6) | Robot Base (in section) Rex (in class) | ||
| 4 | February 13 | Shakey | Brooks (Ch 7) | More Rex (in class) | ||
| 5 | February 20 | Subsumption and other non-classical architectures | Brooks (Ch 1,2) Arkin |
Vehicles Checkpoint | ||
| 6 | February 27 | Sensors and Sensor Fusion Maps Kalman Filters |
Brooks (Ch 3 and 12.2 Moravec & Elfes |
Vehicles Due | ||
| 7 | March 6 | Vision | Ballard Horswill Duchon et al. |
Obstacle Avoidance Checkpoint | ||
| 8 | March 13 | Light-Seeking and Obstacle Avoidance Contest | Light Seeking & Obstacle Avoidance | |||
| 9 | March 20 | Robot Learning | ALVINN Mahadevan/Connell |
Final Project Proposal (in class) | ||
| March 27 | ||||||
| 10 | April 3 | Manipulation Locomotion Control Theory |
Brooks (Ch 8) | |||
| 11 | April 10 | Planning | Brooks (Ch 9,10) | Final Project Milestone 1 | ||
| 12 | April 17 | Case Studies | Brooks (Ch 11) Dante, Bonn Robot, Pathfinder |
Final Project Milestone 2 | ||
| 13 | April 24 | Philosophy | Intelligence Without Where am I? Today Earwig |
Final Project Milestone 3 | ||
| 14 | April 28 | Talent Show (4-6pm) | Final Project | |||
| May 8 | Final Project Paper | |||||