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6.141/16.415 - RSS Syllabus Schedule of Lectures and Lab Exercises MM/DD LECTURE INFO LAB INFO M 02/04 REGISTRATION DAY T 02/05     W 02/06 Lecture 1: What is a Robot? (Rus)   Th 02/07     F 02/08   Lab 1: Robot Schematics Meet in Gelb Lab 1pm-2pm M 02/11 Lecture 2: Motor Control (Rus) Lab 1 due (written or presented) Lab 2: Motor Control T 02/12     W 02/13 Lecture 3: Actuation: DC Motors; Torque and Gearing; Encoders; Motor Control (Teller) Lab 2 cont'd. Th 02/14     F 02/15 Communications Program I (Craig) Lab reports   M 02/18 Holiday -- Presidents Day MONDAY SCHEDULE OF CLASSES TO BE HELD. T 02/19 Lecture 4: Robot Locomotion (Rus) Lab 2 due (written or presented) Lab 3: Robot Chassis and Simple Commanded Motions W 02/20 Lecture 5: Sensing (Rus) Lab 3 cont'd. Th 02/21     F 02/22     M 02/25 Lecture 6: Camera as Sensor (Teller) Lab 3 due (written or presented) Lab 4: Braitenberg behaviors T 02/26     W 02/27 Lecture 7: Software Testing (Roy) Lab 4 cont'd. Th 02/28     F 02/29 Communications Program Feedback (Craig) Lab 2 reports   M 03/03 Lecture 8: Carmen (Roy) Lab 4 due (written or presented) Lab 5: Carmen and Visual Servoing T 03/04     W 03/05 Lecture 9: Control and Planning Architectures (Rus) Lab 4 cont'd. Th 03/06     F 03/07 ADD DATE M 03/10 Lecture 10: Localization (Teller) Lab 5 due (presented) Lab 6: Local Navigation (Sonar and Model Acq) T 03/11     W 03/12 Lecture 11: Mapping (Teller) Lab 6 cont'd. Th 03/13     F 03/14 Communications Program II (Craig) Technical expository writing, how to write a project plan   M 03/17 Lecture 12: Planning I (Rus) Lab 6 cont'd. T 03/18     W 03/19 Lecture 13: Planning II (Roy) Lab 6 due (presented) Lab 7: Planning Th 03/20     F 03/21     M 03/24 Spring Vacation T 03/25 Spring Vacation W 03/26 Spring Vacation Th 03/27 Spring Vacation F 03/28 Spring Vacation M 03/31 Lecture 14: Grasping and Manipulation (Rus) Handout: Inverse Kinematics for 3R Manipulator Lab 7 cont'd. T 04/01     W 04/02 Lecture 15: RSS I Grand Challenge (All) Lab 7 due (presented) Lab 8: Grasping Th 04/03     F 04/04 Communications Program III (Connor) Oral Presentations & Debating   M 04/07 Lecture 16: DARPA Urban Challenge (Teller) Lab 8 cont'd. T 04/08     W 04/09 Lecture 17: SLAM (Teller) Lab 8 due (presented) Course Challenge Begins Debate 1 Draft Slides Presented to Staff Th 04/10     F 04/11     M 04/14 Debate 1 Draft Challenge Proposal Due (Craig) Challenge Development Debate 2, 3 Draft Slides Presented to Staff T 04/15     W 04/16 Debate 2 Challenge Project Cont'd. Debate 4, 5 Draft Slides Presented to Staff Th 04/17     F 04/18 Feedback on Draft Challenge Proposal (Craig)   M 04/21 Holiday -- Patriots Day T 04/22 Holiday -- Patriots Day W 04/23 NO CLASS MEETING Challenge Project Cont'd. Debate 6, 7 Draft Slides Presented to Staff Th 04/24 DROP DATE F 04/25 Debate 4   M 04/28 Debate 5 Lab: Challenge development Debate 8 Draft Slides Presented to Staff T 04/29     W 04/30 Debate 3 Challenge Proposal (revised) is due - turn in (PDF format) on the RSS Wiki (Craig) Lab; Demonstrate complete execution in Hangar environment Th 05/01     F 05/02 Debate 6   M 05/05 Debate 7 Lab: Challenge First Timed and Judged Runs T 05/06     W 05/07 Debate 8 Lab: Challenge development Th 05/08     F 05/09 Team challenge presentations in class   M 05/12 Team challenge presentations in class Lab: Challenge development T 05/13     W 05/14 Robotics Retrospective (Rus, Teller, Roy) Lab: Challenge Final Timed and Judged Runs Th 05/15 Final Report Due Last day of classes. F 05/16     M 05/19 FINAL EXAM WEEK T 05/20 FINAL EXAM WEEK W 05/21 FINAL EXAM WEEK Th 05/22 FINAL EXAM WEEK F 05/23 FINAL EXAM WEEK