Course Schedule

Date	Class Meeting	Deliverables
Week 1
Tue, Sep 30	Class Meeting 01: Welcome & Introduction to Robot Programming
Wed, Oct 1	Lab A: First Turlebot3 Programming	2:00pm CST - Class Meeting 1 Homework
Thu, Oct 2	Class Meeting 02: Sensory-Motor Control, ROS2 + TB4 Recap, and RViz	2:00pm CST - Lab A Deliverables
Fri, Oct 3		2:00pm CST - Class Meeting 2 Homework
Week 2
Mon, Oct 6		8:00pm CST - Warmup Project "drive in a square" code + writeup (intermediate deliverable)
Tue, Oct 7	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, Oct 8	Lab B: Robot Line Follower	2:00pm CST - Class Meeting 3 Homework
Thu, Oct 9	Class Meeting 04: Robot Localization	2:00pm CST - Lab B Deliverables
Fri, Oct 10		2:00pm CST - Class Meeting 4 Homework
Week 3
Mon, Oct 13
Tue, Oct 14	Class Meeting 05: Measurement Models for Range Finders and SLAM	8:00pm CST - Warmup Project
Wed, Oct 15	Lab C: SLAM	2:00pm CST - Class Meeting 5 Homework
Thu, Oct 16	Class Meeting 06: Markov Decision Processes	8:00pm CST - Particle Filter Localization Project Implementation Plan
Fri, Oct 17		2:00pm CST - Class Meeting 6 Homework
Week 4
Tue, Oct 21	Class Meeting 07: Path Finding	8:00pm CST - Particle Filter Localization Project Particle Cloud Initialization & Movement (intermediate deliverable)
Wed, Oct 22	Lab D: Particle Filter Localization Project Work Time	2:00pm CST - Class Meeting 7 Homework
Thu, Oct 23	Class Meeting 08: Reinforcement Learning
Fri, Oct 24		2:00pm CST - Class Meeting 8 Homework
Week 5
Mon, Oct 27
Tue, Oct 28	Class Meeting 09: Forward and Inverse Kinematics	8:00pm CST - Particle Filter Localization Project
Wed, Oct 29	Lab E: Robot Arm Programming	2:00pm CST - Class Meeting 9 Homework
Thu, Oct 30	Class Meeting 10: Robot Vision	2:00pm CST - Lab E Deliverables 8:00pm CST - Q-Learning Project Implementation Plan
Week 6
Tue, Nov 4	Class Meeting 11: Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes	8:00pm CST - Q-Learning Project Q-Matrix (intermediate deliverable)
Wed, Nov 5	Lab F: Image Classification for a Turtlebot
Thu, Nov 6	Class Meeting 12: Guest Lecture - Haozhi Qi	2:00pm CST - Lab F Deliverables
Week 7
Mon, Nov 10
Tue, Nov 11	Class Meeting 13: Final Project Ideation & Team Formation	2:00pm CST - Final Project Pitch Submission 8:00pm CST - Q-Learning Project
Wed, Nov 12	Lab G: Final Project Work Time
Thu, Nov 13	Class Meeting 14: Final Project Work Time (Attendance Optional)	8:00pm CST - Final Project Proposal
Week 8
Tue, Nov 18	Class Meeting 15: Careers in Robotics Panel
Wed, Nov 19	Lab H: Final Project Work Time
Thu, Nov 20	Class Meeting 16: Final Project Midway Presentations
Nov 24-28	Thanksgiving Break - No Class
Week 9
Tue, Dec 2	Class Meeting 17: Final Project Work Time
Wed, Dec 3	Lab I: Final Project Work Time
Thu, Dec 4	Class Meeting 18: Final Project Presentations
Reading Period (Dec 6-8)
Thu, Dec 11	Final Project Demos & Deliverables Due	12:30pm - 1:30pm: Final Project Demos (during finals period time slot) 8:00pm - Final Project Code, Writeup, Demo, & Team Contribution Survey
Finals Period	Final Project Demos
Thu, Dec 11	Final Project Deliverables Due	12:30pm - 1:30pm: Final Project Demos (during finals period time slot) 8:00pm - Final Project Code, Writeup, Demo, & Team Contribution Survey