Simulator software  host-2.6.9-i486-redhat5.1-linux.tar.gz   host-2.6.9-i486-unknown-linux.tar.gz, ex1.c    host-2.6.7-sparc-sun-solaris.tar.gz  (manual included - slightly different version specific to Scout Robot)  Simulator manuals    users_manual.ps, language_ref.ps, hardware.ps , scout_manual.pdf Matlab resources - Matlab Primer  Kalman Filter material repository  Introduction to the Kalman filter (notes) Teambots simulator - for single/multi robot simulation (java) Mason simulator - multiagent simulation base, large number of agents (java) + other simulator links        Homeworks, Lecture notes              1. Introduction, History, Overview  Applications. Geometric transformations, Rigid Body Motion             Rigid Body Motion notes (.pdf) , Homework 1 (.pdf) (due September 17th)        2. Kinematic chains in 2D, 3D, Inverse Kinematics, Jacobians, Mobile robot kinematics.           Homework 2 (.pdf) (due September 23rd) (.mat file)        3. Modelling and controlling dynamical systems (notes.pdf) , Perception. Homework 3 (.pdf)             Due October 7th.        4. Computer Vision, Image Formation (.pdf), Image filtering (.pdf), Image features (.pdf)        5.  Canny edge detection (.pdf), line fitting (.pdf), feature correspondences (.pdf)             Homework 4 (.pdf) Image (.jpg)        6. Two view geometry, camera calibration (.pdf), Motion Planning (read chapter 6)        7. Motion planning, obstacle avoidance, robotic behaviors/architectures (slides .pdf)             Homework 5 (.pdf), due October 28th        9. Localization, Markov based Localization, Kalman filtering. (practice questions.pdf, notes.pdf)       10. Review. Take home final (.pdf)       11.  MC Localization (.html)       12. Dynamic programming and MDP's       13. Reinforcement leaning       14. Project Presentations in class December 9, final project report due Monday December 13th.       Additional resources       sample homework solutions (goTo.m,  diffDrive.m)       Kalman Filter material repository.       Introduction to the Kalman filter (notes).    Project Ideas and additional readings  Sample in class exams  (.pdf)

Examples of previous projects,

Simulation of multiple space ships  behaviors.
Swarm Intelligence Problem Solving: Ant Colony Foraging.
Computer Animation of Human Action.
Analysis of Rectilinear Environment Discovery Algorithms.
Neural Networks for Path Finding.
Navigating and discrovering unknown environments.
Topological Map Building in Dynamic Environments.