Course Schedule

Date	Class Meeting	Deliverables
Week 1
Wed, Sep 27	Class Meeting 01: Welcome & Introduction to Robot Programming
Sep 27 & 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 2	Class Meeting 02: Sensory-Motor Control, ROS Recap, and an Introduction to Gazebo
Tue, Oct 3		Warmup Project "drive in a square" code + writeup (intermediate deliverable) due 8:00pm CST
Wed, Oct 4	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)
Oct 4 & 6	Lab B: Robot Line Follower
Week 3
Mon, Oct 9	Class Meeting 04: Robot Localization
Tue, Oct 10		Warmup Project due 8:00pm CST
Wed, Oct 11	Class Meeting 05: Measurement Models for Range Finders and SLAM
Oct 11 & 13	Lab C: SLAM
Thu, Oct 12		Particle Filter Localization Project Implementation Plan due 8:00pm CST
Week 4
Mon, Oct 16	Class Meeting 06: Markov Decision Processes
Wed, Oct 18	Class Meeting 07: Path Finding
Wed, Oct 18	Lab D: Particle Filter Localization Project Work Time	Note: Attendance for this lab is optional. Also, there is NO lab this Friday, Oct 20.
Week 5
Mon, Oct 23	Class Meeting 08: Reinforcement Learning
Tue, Oct 24		Particle Filter Localization Project due 8:00pm CST
Wed, Oct 25	Class Meeting 09: Forward and Inverse Kinematics
Oct 25 & 27	Lab E: Robot Arm Programming
Thu, Oct 26		Q-Learning Project Implementation Plan due 8:00pm CST
Week 6
Mon, Oct 30	Class Meeting 10: Robot Vision
Tue, Oct 31		Q-Learning Project Q-Matrix (intermediate deliverable) due 8:00pm CST
Wed, Nov 1	Class Meeting 11: Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes
Nov 1 & 3	Lab F: Q-Learning Project Work Time
Week 7
Mon, Nov 6	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
Tue, Nov 7		Q-Learning Project due 8:00pm CST
Wed, Nov 8	Class Meeting 13: 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 on Thursday
Nov 8 & 10	Lab G: Final Project Work Time
Thu, Nov 9		Final Project Proposal due 8:00pm CST
Week 8
Mon, Nov 13	Class Meeting 14: Final Project Work Time
Wed, Nov 15	Class Meeting 15: Final Project Midway Presentations
Nov 15 & 17	Lab H: Final Project Work Time
Thanksgiving (Nov 20-24)
Week 9
Mon, Nov 27	Class Meeting 16: Final Project Work Time
Wed, Nov 29	Class Meeting 17: Final Project Presentations
Nov 29 & Dec 1	Lab I: Final Project Work Time
Reading Period (Dec 2-4)
Wed, Dec 6	12:30pm - 1:30pm	Final Project Demos (during finals peroid time slot)
Thu, Dec 7		Final Project Deliverables Due: 8:00pm CST: Final Project Code, Writeup, Demo, & Team Contribution Survey