Course Schedule

Date	Class Meeting	Deliverables
Week 1
Wed, Sep 28	Class Meeting 01: Welcome & Introduction to Robot Programming
Fri, Sep 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 Fill out the course entrance survey
Week 2
Mon, Oct 3	Class Meeting 02: Sensory-Motor Control and an Introduction to Gazebo
Wed, Oct 5	Lab B: Robot Line Follower
Fri, Oct 7	Class Meeting 03: Reviewing ROS + Robot Programming Fundamentals	Warmup Project "drive in a square" code + writeup (intermediate deliverable) due 11:00am CST
Week 3
Mon, Oct 10	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)
Wed, Oct 12	Lab C: Warmup Project Work Time
Fri, Oct 14	Class Meeting 05: Robot Localization	Warmup Project due 11:00am CST
Week 4
Mon, Oct 17	Class Meeting 06: Measurement Models for Range Finders and SLAM	Particle Filter Localization Project Implementation Plan due 11:00am CST
Wed, Oct 19	Lab D: SLAM
Fri, Oct 21	Class Meeting 07: Markov Decision Processes
Week 5
Mon, Oct 24	Class Meeting 08: Path Finding
Wed, Oct 26	Lab E: Particle Filter Localization Project Work Time
Fri, Oct 28	Class Meeting 09: Reinforcement Learning	Particle Filter Localization Project due 11:00am CST
Week 6
Mon, Oct 31	Class Meeting 10: Forward and Inverse Kinematics	Q-Learning Project Implementation Plan due 11:00am CST
Wed, Nov 2	Lab F: Robot Arm Programming
Fri, Nov 4	Class Meeting 11: Robot Vision	Q-Learning Project Q-Matrix (intermediate deliverable) due 11:00am CST
Week 7
Mon, Nov 7	Class Meeting 12: Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes
Wed, Nov 9	Lab G: Q-Learning Project Work Time
Fri, Nov 11	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
Week 8
Mon, Nov 14	Class Meeting 14: Final Project Initial Idea Presentations	Final Project Proposal due 11:00am CST 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, Nov 16	Lab H: Final Project Work Time
Fri, Nov 18	Class Meeting 15: Careers in Robotics Panel
Thanksgiving (Nov 21-25)
Week 9
Mon, Nov 28	Class Meeting 16: Final Project Work Time
Wed, Nov 30	Lab I: Final Project Work Time
Fri, Dec 2	Class Meeting 17: Final Project Work Time
Reading Period (Dec 3-5)
Fri, Dec 9 (12:30pm - 2:30pm)	Finals Peroid: Final Project Presentations	Final Project Deliverables Due: 11:00am CST: Final Project Code, Writeup, Demo, & Team Contribution Survey