Course Schedule

Date	Class Meeting	Deliverables
Week 1
Tue, Mar 29	Class Meeting 01: Welcome & Introduction to Robot Programming
Wed, Mar 30	Lab A: First Turlebot3 Programming	Before lab: Set up your robot programming environment Complete the Sending and Receiving our First ROS Messages Homework Exercise
Thurs, Mar 31	Class Meeting 02: Introduction to Gazebo	Before class: Fill out the course entrance survey
Week 2
Tue, Apr 5	Class Meeting 03: Sensory-Motor Control	Warmup Project "drive in a square" code + writeup (intermediate deliverable) due 11:00am CST 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)
Wed, Apr 6	Lab B: Robot Line Follower
Thurs, Apr 7	Class Meeting 04: Robot State Estimation
Week 3
Tue, Apr 12	Class Meeting 05: Robot Localization and SLAM	Warmup Project due 11:00am CST
Wed, Apr 13	Lab C: SLAM	Particle Filter Localization Project Implementation Plan due 11:00am CST
Thurs, Apr 14	Class Meeting 06: Measurement Models for Range Finders
Week 4
Tue, Apr 19	Class Meeting 07: Markov Decision Processes
Wed, Apr 20	Lab D: Particle Filter Localization Project Work Time
Thurs, Apr 21	Class Meeting 08: Path Finding
Week 5
Tues, Apr 26	Class Meeting 09: Reinforcement Learning	Particle Filter Localization Project due 11:00am CST
Wed, Apr 27	Lab E: Q-Learning Project Work Time	Q-Learning Project Implementation Plan due 11:00am CST
Thurs, Apr 28	Class Meeting 10: Forward and Inverse Kinematics
Week 6
Tue, May 3	Class Meeting 11: Robot Vision	Q-Learning Project Q-Matrix (intermediate deliverable) due 11:00am CST
Wed, May 4	Lab F: Robot Arm Programming
Thurs, May 5	Class Meeting 12: Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes
Week 7
Tue, May 10	Class Meeting 13: 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
Wed, May 11	Lab G: Final Project Work Time
Thurs, May 12	Class Meeting 14: Final Project Work Time	Final Project Proposal due 11:00am CST
Week 8
Tue, May 17	Class Meeting 15: Final Project Midway Presentations	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 Thursday
Wed, May 18	Lab H: Final Project Work Time
Thurs, May 19	Class Meeting 16: Careers in Robotics Panel
Week 9
Tue, May 24	Class Meeting 17: Final Project Work Time
Wed, May 25	Lab I: Final Project Work Time
Thurs, May 26	Class Meeting 18: Final Project Presentations
Fri, May 27		[Graduating Seniors Only] Final Project Deliverables Due: 11:00am CST: Final Project Code, Writeup, Demo, & Team Contribution Survey
Reading Period (May 28 - 30)
Tue, May 31	12:30pm - 1:30pm	Final Project Demos (during finals period time slot)
Fri, Jun 3		[Everyone Who is NOT a Graduating Senior] Final Project Deliverables Due: 11:00am CST: Final Project Code, Writeup, Demo, & Team Contribution Survey