Course Schedule

Date	Class Meeting	Deliverables
Week 1
Tue, Mar 19	Class Meeting 01: Welcome & Introduction to Robot Programming
Wed, Mar 20	Lab A: First Turlebot3 Programming	Before lab: Set up your robot programming environment Complete the Sending and Receiving our First ROS Messages Homework Exercise Fill out the course entrance survey
Thu, Mar 21	Class Meeting 02: Sensory-Motor Control, ROS Recap, and an Introduction to Gazebo
Week 2
Mon, Mar 25		Warmup Project "drive in a square" code + writeup (intermediate deliverable) due 5:00pm CST
Tue, Mar 26	Class Meeting 03: 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)
Wed, Mar 27	Lab B: Robot Line Follower
Thu, Mar 28	Class Meeting 04: Robot Localization
Fri, Mar 29		Warmup Project due 5:00pm CST
Week 3
Tue, Apr 2	Class Meeting 05: Measurement Models for Range Finders and SLAM	Particle Filter Localization Project Implementation Plan due 8:00pm CST
Wed, Apr 3	Lab C: SLAM
Thu, Apr 4	Class Meeting 06: Markov Decision Processes
Fri, Apr 5		Particle Filter Localization Project Particle Cloud Initalization & Movement (intermediate deliverable) due 8:00pm CST
Week 4
Tue, Apr 9	Class Meeting 07: Path Finding
Wed, Apr 10	Lab D: Particle Filter Localization Project Work Time
Thu, Apr 11	Class Meeting 08: Reinforcement Learning
Fri, Apr 12		Particle Filter Localization Project due 8:00pm CST
Week 5
Tue, Apr 16	Class Meeting 09: Forward and Inverse Kinematics	Q-Learning Project Implementation Plan due 8:00pm CST
Wed, Apr 17	Lab E: Robot Arm Programming
Thu, Apr 18	Class Meeting 10: Robot Vision
Fri, Apr 19		Q-Learning Project Q-Matrix (intermediate deliverable) due 8:00pm CST
Week 6
Tue, Apr 23	Class Meeting 11: Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes
Wed, Apr 24	Lab F: Image Classification for a Turtlebot
Thu, Apr 25	Class Meeting 12: Final Project Ideation & Team Formation	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, Apr 26		Q-Learning Project due 8:00pm CST
Week 7
Mon, Apr 29		Final Project Proposal due 8:00pm CST
The, Apr 30	Class Meeting 13: Final Project Work Time
Wed, May 1	Lab G: Final Project Work Time
Thu, May 2	Class Meeting 14: Careers in Robotics Panel	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
Week 8
Tue, May 7	Class Meeting 15: Final Project Midway Presentations
Wed, May 8	Lab H: Final Project Work Time
Thu, May 9	Class Meeting 16: Final Project Work Time
Week 9
Tue, May 14	Class Meeting 17: Final Project Work Time
Wed, May 15	Lab I: Final Project Work Time
Thu, May 16	Class Meeting 18: Final Project Presentations
Reading Period (May 18-20)
Thu, May 23	Final Project Demos & Final Deliverables Due	12:30pm - 1:30pm: Final Project Demos (during finals period time slot) 8:00pm CST: Final Project Code, Writeup, Demo, & Team Contribution Survey