CS689 Syllabus

Information

  • Instructor: Amarda Shehu amarda\AT\gmu.edu
    Class Place and Time: Innovation Hall 136, M 4:30-7:10 pm
    Instructor Office Hours: ENGR #4452, M 2:30-4:30 pm

Tentative Syllabus

  • Date Topic Reading Assignments
    Motion-Planning Algorithms and Foundations
    Jan 22 Course Overview, Bug Algorithms [pdf], [pdf] (Chapters 1-2) Hw1 Out
    Jan 29 Configuration Space [pdf] (Chapter 3) Kuffner 2004
    Feb 05 Forward Kinematics [pdf], [pdf] (Chapter 3) [DH-Deriv], [DH-YouTube]
    Feb 12 Inverse Kinematics [pdf] (Chapters 3-4) [IK-Deriv]
    Hw1 Due, Hw2 Out
    Feb 19 Potential Fields [pdf] (Chapter 4)
    Feb 26 Deterministic Roadmap Planners [pdf] Chapters 5-6
    Mar 05 Probabilistic Planners [pdf] (Chapter 7)
    Mar 12 Spring Break
    Mar 19 Exam1
    Advanced Motion Planning
    Mar 26 Planning with Kinematic Constraints [pdf] (Chapter 10) Hw2 Due; Hw3 Out
    Apr 02 Planning with Kinodynamic Constraints [pdf], Lavalle (Chapter 10) Papers
    Apr 09 Multi-Robot Planning [pdf] (Chapter 7.5) Finalize paper selection
    Apr 16 Manipulation Planning
    Paper Presentations
    [pdf], Fuzzy PRM , WGR Bi-RRT Project Topic Selection
    Localization and Mapping
    Apr 23 Uncertainty, Bayesian Methods [pdf] (Chapter 9) Hw3 Due
    Apr 30 Kalman Filtering, Mapping, SLAM [pdf] (Chapter 8), Particle Filters, A nice paper Exam2, Short Progress Update
    May 14 Project Presentations IN 136 4:30 - 7:15 pm,
    [Demos]