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6.141/16.405J - RSS Syllabus Schedule of Lectures and Lab Exercises MM/DD LECTURE INFO LAB INFO M 02/02 REGISTRATION DAY T 02/03     W 02/04 L1: What is Robotics & Course Challenge (DR & ST) Lab 1: System Overview and Introduction to the ORCboard Th 02/05     F 02/06 CI-M Lecture: Expectations in lab briefings and Technical communication (JLC)   M 02/09 L2: Motor Control (DR) Lab 1 due (written or presented) Lab 2: Motor Control T 02/10     W 02/11 L3: Electric Motors (ST)   Th 02/12     F 02/13 CI-M Lecture: Individual Project Architecture Report (JAC)   M 02/16 Holiday -- Presidents Day T 02/17 MONDAY SCHEDULE OF CLASSES TO BE HELD. L4: System Engineering and Testing Strategies(ST) Lab 2 due (written or presented) Lab 3: Robot Chassis and Simple Commanded Motions W 02/18 Individual Project Architecture Report due (must be uploaded to the wiki before the beginning of the lecture) L5: Locomotion (DR)   Th 02/19     F 02/20     M 02/23 L6: Sensing (DR) Lab 3 due (written or presented) Lab 4: Light Sensors and Braitenberg behaviors T 02/24     W 02/25 L7: Carmen (NR)   Th 02/26     F 02/27     M 03/02 L8: Cameras, Images, and Low-Level Robot Vision (ST) Lab 4 due (written or presented) Lab 5: Carmen and Visual Servoing T 03/03     W 03/04 L9: Control Architectures and Motion Planning (DR) Grades Meeting #1   Th 03/05     F 03/06 ADD DATE CI-M Lecture: Design Reviews (JLC)   M 03/09 L10: Localization (ST) Lab 5 due (written or presented) 4 teams present in lab Dry Runs for CI-M Design Review (to Jane, Jennifer, and Carrick) Lab 6: Local Navigation and Error Analysis T 03/10     W 03/11 L11: Mapping (ST) 4 teams present in lab Dry Runs for CI-M Design Review (to Jane, Jennifer, and Carrick) Th 03/12     F 03/13 CI-M Lecture: Design Proposals guidelines (JLC)   M 03/16 L12: Configuration Space and Motion Planning (Planning I) (DR) Design Reviews T 03/17     W 03/18 L13: Implementing Motion Planning (Planning II) (DR) Lab 6 due (written or presented) Design Reviews Lab 7: Motion Planning and Global Navigation Th 03/19     F 03/20     M 03/23 SPRING VACATION T 03/24 SPRING VACATION W 03/25 SPRING VACATION Th 03/26 SPRING VACATION F 03/27 SPRING VACATION M 03/30 L14: Course Challenge (DR & ST) ... T 03/31     W 04/01 L15: Grasping and Manipulation (DR) Choose your debate topic & Pro/Con by April 1st! Email Bryt with your choice. Lab 7 due (written or presented) Writing Conferences on Team Proposal Draft Lab 8: Grasping and Object Transport Th 04/02     F 04/03 CI-M Lecture: Debates (JAC) Course Debates M 04/06 L16: Agile Robotics (MW) Team Proposal due T 04/07     W 04/08 L17: DARPA Grand Challenge (ST) ***Debate Movie Postponed***   Th 04/09     F 04/10   Lab 8 due by end of day M 04/13 Debate #1 Postponed to May 4th Lab 8 presentations to course staff T 04/14   Course Challenge begins W 04/15 Debate #2 Grades Meeting #2   Th 04/16     F 04/17 Debate #3   M 04/20 Holiday -- Patriots Day T 04/21 Holiday -- Patriots Day W 04/22 Debate #4   Th 04/23 DROP DATE F 04/24 Debate #5   M 04/27 Debate #6   T 04/28     W 04/29 Debate #7   Th 04/30     F 05/01 Debate #8 Challenge Hardware Freeze M 05/04 Debate #1 (Moved from 4/13)   T 05/05     W 05/06 Challenge Software Freeze Team Challenge Th 05/07     F 05/08 Team Challenge M 05/11 L18: Final Lecture (DR & ST) Final challenge runs T 05/12     W 05/13 CI-M Open Consultations on reflective reports (no lecture or lab) Th 05/14 LAST DAY OF CLASSES Final Paper/Reports Due F 05/15     M 05/18 FINAL EXAM WEEK T 05/19 FINAL EXAM WEEK W 05/20 FINAL EXAM WEEK Th 05/21 FINAL EXAM WEEK F 05/22 FINAL EXAM WEEK