Spring 2008, Dr. Ken Hoganson

Lecture time 2:00 PM, M/W, Clendenning CS Building, Room 3028
All lectures are live online, and recorded at: Lectures
Web site under construction!!

This is a survey course covering topics Robotics with some needed Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. Each student will receive a robotics kit to allow students to analyze, design, build, and test simple robotic systems from home.
This course will be taught as a hybrid-course - where some class meeting times will be used for project work.

Textbooks: The Robotics Primer, Mataric, MIT press. This is an excellent introduction and a very good read. Second text: Autonomous Mobile Robots, Siegwart, MIT Press.

Equipment: VEX Robotics Systems, which you will receive in February.
Vex Labs Web Site

The following course layout will be revised: See syllabus for more details.

MONDAY	WEDNESDAY
Jan 7, Lecture 1    Course Intro, definition of robot	Jan 9, Lecture 2    Overview of AI
Jan 14, Lecture 3    Robot Control: read CH 3 & 4 in Mataric text	Jan 16, Lecture 4   Robotics effectors and actuators
Jan 21, Holiday    Dr. King Day	Jan 23, Lecture 5, Chapter 5 Robot controled by mold, article from New Scientist    Robot Specifications
Jan 28 Lecture 6   Chpt 6&7 Manipulation & Sensors	Jan 30, No Class
Feb 4 Lecture 7 Robot Motor Control	Feb 6 Lecture 8 Clips Expert Systems    CLIPS: Zip File
Feb 11, Lecture 9    More on Clips, grad check expert	Feb 13: Expert system lab work
Feb 18, Lecture 10   Sensors; Ch8 & Ch9	Feb 20: :Lab day. Assemble the introductory robot chassis
Feb 25, Read and Research   Robots for security and military applications. Research on web, prepare to discuss. Also read this: AJC article	Feb 27: Postponed, due to a department curriculum meeting. On the agend are revisions to the MSACS program for next year - so I must be there.
Feb 28,   Midterm Exam
First week of March, Spring Break
March 10 - no class, work on exam.	March 12, No class, but read these articles on: Dextre(CNET) AJC March 12, Exam due at Midnight
March 17 - Read this powerpoint with more on the robot project. The course will be mostly a lab/project course from this point forward. Robot project phases	March 26 - Short article on PhoBot (phobia robot) from competition in the Netherlands. Robot with phobia
April 1- 14- robot experiments, testing and demos. Feel free to come by the office for testing and discussion, I have a sheet-with-line for demo and testing.	.As explained in class you can make your own test-track according to the specs that we covered in the lectures.
April - 14 - 29 Robot testing and grading. I have a sheet-with-line for demo and testing, or make your own according to specs.	April 28 - Last day to demo the robot is the last day of class. April 28. Extended to May 5.
Below this point: to be updated
Jan 23, Lecture 4    Genetic & Agents	Jan 25, Lecture 5 Wumpus Game    Lecture 6 Intro Expert Systems
Jan 30,    No Class	Feb 1, Lecture 7    CLIPS: Zip File     Voice-over-IP, JCLIPS
Feb 6, Lecture 8    Robotics Project Specifications	Feb 8, Lab Day
Feb 13, Lecture 9    More on CLIPS	Feb 15, Lecture 10     Clips Example: Graduation Check Also: Robot controled by mold, article from New Scientist    Robot Analysis & Design document due.
Feb 20, Lecture 11    Podcasting project and travelersrest server: travelersrest Lecture 12: CS8650 Projects	Feb 22, Lab Day Link to Podcasting project site, and instructions.
Feb 27 & 28, Lecture 13    Intro to Chapter 3       MIDTERM EXAM	March 1,    Lab Day, work on Exam    Dr. H at SIGCSE Conference
Mar 6, Spring Break	Mar 8, Spring Break    March 11: Robot Line Following Demo Due.
Mar 13, No Lecture - exam     Exam Due Tue Mar 14 at 8:00AM	Mar 15, Lecture 14: Ch 17.6    Game Theory
Mar 20, No Lecture - Lab Work	Mar 22, Lecture 15: Game Theory    Game Theory: Forms & Information
Mar 27, No Lecture - Lab Work	Mar 31, Lecture 16: Game Theory   Dominant Strategies and Cooperative Solutions (recorded on Tugaloo)
Apr 3, Recorded Lecture 17     Robot Control Ideas     Recorded on Tugaloo	Apr 5, No Lecture:    At Embedded Conference, work on projects
Apr 10, No lecture, lab day	Apr 12, No Lecture: Lab Day    Apr 15: AI project due.
Apr 17, No lecture, lab day	Apr 19, No Lecture: Lab Day
Apr 24, No lecture, lab day	Apr 26, No Lecture: Lab Day    April 30: Robot Project Complete
May 1-7: Final Exams No exam for this class. Robotic Project Due on May 1.	May 11 & 12: Graduation