Tentative Syllabus

Information

  • Instructor: Amarda Shehu amarda\AT\cs.gmu.edu
    Place and Time: Art and Design Building #2026, TR, 1:30p-2:45 pm
    Office Hours: ENGR #4422, TR 12:30-1:30 pm
    TA: TBA

Tentative Syllabus

  • Date Topic Reading Assignments
    Aug 27 Introduction and Course Overview [pdf] (Chapter 1)
    Basic Motion-Planning Algorithms and Foundations
    Aug 29, Sep 03 Bug Algorithms [pdf] (Chapter 2) Hw1 Out (blackboard)
    Sep 05, 10 Configuration Space, Forward Kinematics [pdf] (Chapter 3.1-3.4)  
    Sep 12, 17 Potential Fields, Inverse Kinematics [pdf] (Chapter 4)  
    Sep 19 Roadmaps (Deterministic Planners) [pdf] (Chapters 5-6)  
    Sampling-based and Probabilistic Motion Planning
    Sep 24, 26 Sampling-based Planners: Probabilistic Roadmap [pdf] (Chapter 7) Hw1 Due, Hw2 Out
    Oct 01, 03 (Probabilistic) Tree Approaches [pdf], PRM Proof Reading and Presenting
    Oct 08, 10 Paper presentations on Oct. 10 Papers
    Oct 17 Exam  
    Advanced Motion Planning
    Oct 22, 24 Multi-Robot Planning [pdf] Hw2 Due, Hw3 Out
    Oct 29, 31 Manipulation Planning [pdf] Fuzzy PRM , WGR Bi-RRT
    Nov 05, 07 Planning with Kinematic and Dynamic Constraints [pdf],Lavalle Project Ideas
    Nov 12, 14 Task Planning/AI/Discrete Planning [pdf] Hw3 Due, Project Topic and Proposed Approach
    Localization and Mapping
    Nov 19, 21 Representation of Uncertainty, Sensors [pdf], [pdf] Particle Filters
    Nov 26, Dec 03 Bayesian Methods, Kalman Filtering, Mapping and SLAM [pdf], [pdf] A nice paper
    Dec 05 Project Presentations   Write-ups due on Dec 17