ECE 499/590/699
This course introduces you to robot architecture including mechanical design philosophies, electrical design philosophies and controller design. Assignments are heavily based in simulation culminating with a term project which can/should include a hardware demonstrations. majority of simulations and labs will be preformed in the Linux environment using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Bringing your own computer to class is highly recommended. A brief week-by-week description of the course is listed below (subject to change).
Book
Title: Handbook of Robotics (Springer)or
Editors: Bruno Siciliano Prof., Oussama Khatib Prof.
ISBN: 978-3-540-23957-4 (Print) 978-3-540-30301-5 (Online)
Title: Robotics, Vision and Control: Fundamental Algorithms in MATLAB (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics)
Author: Peter Corke
ISBN-10: 3642201431, ISBN-13: 978-3642201431
Schedule
- Week 1: Introduction to simple robotics 1-DOF, 2-DOF and 3-DOF systems
- Week 2: Sensors
- Week 3: Lab 1: Obstacle avoidance
- Week 4: Literature Review 1 and Midterm 1 Review
- Week 5: Midterm 1
- Week 6: 6-DOF and 7-DOF systems
- Week 7: Introduction Computer Vision
- Week 8: Lab 2: Peg-in-hole and/or Button Press
- Week 9: >7-DOF (High DOF) systems
- Week 10: Literature Review 2 and Midterm 2 Review
- Week 11: Midterm 2
- Week 12: Introduction to Humanoid Robotics
- Week 13: Lab 3: Implementation on Humanoids
- Week 14: Term Project Presentations and Demonstrations
- Week 15: Final
Grading Policy
| Assignments/Homeworks | 10% |
| Labs | 8.3% each |
| Term Project | 10% |
| Literature Review | 5% |
| Midterms | 15% each |
| Final | 20% |