Textbook: Maja Mataric, The Robotics Primer, The MIT Press, Robotics Primer Workbook, 2007
| Lectures | Labs |
|---|---|
| Lecture 1 - 1 Defining Robotics, History of Robotics | |
| Lecture 1 - 2 What's in a Robot? Robot Components | |
| Lecture 2 - 1 Wheels, Tracks and What Really Drives Them: Effectors and Actuators | Lab 1 Locomotion and Odometry |
| Lecture 2 - 2 Move It!: Locomotion | |
| Lecture 3 - 1 Mobile Robotics Kinematics | Lab 2 Sensor Calibration, Obstacle Avoidance |
| Lecture 3 - 2 What's Going On?: Sensors and Perception | |
| Lecture 4 - 1 Switch on the light: Simple Sensors | Lab 3 Line Following Images Videos |
| Lecture 4 - 2 Stay in Control: Feedback Control | |
| Lecture 5 - 1 Sonars, Lasers, and Cameras: Complex Sensors | Lab 4 Feedback Control (Wall Following) Images Videos |
| Lecture 6 - 1 Control Architectures, Representation | |
| Lecture 6 - 2 Deliberative and Reactive Control | Lab 5 Temperature Sensing Homing/Hybrid Control Images |
| Lecture 7 - 1 Hybrid Control, Behavior-based Control, Behavior Coordination, Emergent behavior | |
| Lecture 7 - 2 Going Places: Navigation, Localization | Lab 6 Temperature Sensing Homing/Behavior-based Control |
| Lecture 8 - 1 Going Places: Mapping and Path Planning | |
| Final Project Navigation - Mapping and Path Planning Images Videos Rule Book | |