Course Schedule

Date	Class Meeting	Deliverables
Week 1
Mon, Mar 29	Class Meeting 01: Welcome & Introduction to Robot Programming
Wed, Mar 31	Class Meeting 02: First Turtlebot3 Programming	Before class: Fill out the course entrance survey Set up your robot programming environment Complete the Sending and Receiving our First ROS Messages Homework Exercise
Week 2
Mon, Apr 5	Class Meeting 03: Sensory-Motor Control	Warmup Project "drive in a square" code + writeup (intermediate deliverable) due 11:00am CST
Wed, Apr 7	Class Meeting 04: Robot State Estimation	Before class: Read through this short probability refresher and mathematical notation introduction Note: This homework reading is designed to set you up so that you are not overwhelmed during class today (students who didn't prepare in prior quarters were more likely to find themselves overwhelmed in today's class)
Week 3
Mon, Apr 12	Class Meeting 05: Robot Localization	Warmup Project due 11:00am CST
Wed, Apr 14	Class Meeting 06: Measurement Models for Range Finders	Particle Filter Localization Project Implementation Plan due 11:00am CST Notes on class today: Make sure to arrive on time as you will be working with your particle filter teammate for the in class exercise You'll get the most out of this in-class exercise if you have already gotten started on initializing your particle cloud and/or gotten familiar with the particle filter localization starter code
Week 4
Mon, Apr 19	Class Meeting 07: SLAM
Wed, Apr 21	Class Meeting 08: Forward/Inverse Kinematics
Week 5
Mon, Apr 26	Class Meeting 09: Markov Decision Processes	Particle Filter Localization Project due 11:00am CST
Wed, Apr 28	Class Meeting 10: Reinforcement Learning
Fri, Apr 30		Q-Learning Project Implementation Plan due 11:00am CST
Week 6
Mon, May 3	Class Meeting 11: Robot Vision
Wed, May 5	Class Meeting 12: Q-Learning Project Studio Time
Week 7
Mon, May 10	Class Meeting 13: Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes
Wed, May 12	Class Meeting 14: Final Project Ideation & Team Formation	Q-Learning Project due 11:00am CST Before class: Develop and submit 1-2 final project pitches and put them in this Google Doc At the beginning of class today, be prepared to give a brief summary to the class of the 1-2 project pitch ideas that you've submitted
Fri, May 14		Final Project Proposal due 11:00am CST
Week 8
Mon, May 17	Class Meeting 15: Final Project Initial Idea Presentations & Studio Time	Before class: Submit at least one question to this Google survey that you'd like to have the panelists answer for our Careers in Robotics panel on Wednesday
Wed, May 19	Class Meeting 16: Careers in Robotics Panel
Week 9
Mon, May 24	Class Meeting 17: Midpoint Final Project Check-In
Wed, May 26	Class Meeting 18: Wrap Up
Reading Period (May 29 - Jun 1)
Finals Period
Fri, Jun 4		Final Project Deliverables Due: 11:00am CST: Final Project Code, Writeup, Demo, & Team Contribution Survey 4:00pm - 6:00pm CST: Final Project Presentations (during finals period time slot)