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6.141/16.405J - RSS Syllabus Schedule of Lectures and Lab Exercises   MM/DD LECTURE INFO LAB INFO M 02/06 REGISTRATION DAY T 02/07     W 02/08 L1: Introduction to RSS (DR) Lab 1: System Overview and Introduction to the µORCboard Th 02/09     F 02/10 L2: Electric Motors (ST)   M 02/13 L3: Motor Control (ST) Lab 1 due (wiki) Lab 2: Chassis Build, Motor Characterization, and Motor Control T 02/14 PAR exercise distributed (PDF | RTF)   W 02/15 L4: Sensors (ST)   Th 02/16     F 02/17 L5: Cameras, Images, and Low-Level Robot Vision (ST)   M 02/20 Holiday -- Presidents' Day T 02/21 CI-M Lecture 1: Getting started with communication in RSS PAR exercise due (PDF | RTF) W 02/22 CI-M Lecture 2: Project Architecture Reports Individual Project Architecture Reports Assigned Lab 2 due (wiki and briefing) Lab 3: Light Sensors and Braitenberg Behaviors Th 02/23     F 02/24 CI-M Lecture 3: Collaboration I   M 02/27 L6: ROS (Robot Operating System) (MF) Lab 3 due (wiki and briefing) Lab 4: ROS and Visual Servoing T 02/28   Individual Project Architecture Reports Due at 5PM W 02/29 Robot Movie: DGC and Pizza   Th 03/01     F 03/02 CI-M Lecture 4: Collaboration II   M 03/05 L7: System Engineering and Testing Strategies (ST)   T 03/06     W 03/07 L8: Motion Planning I (DR) Lab 4 due (wiki and briefing) Lab 5: Local Navigation and Error Analysis Th 03/08     F 03/09 ADD DATE CI-M Lecture 5: Collaboration III Intermediate Grade Summaries Distributed   M 03/12 L9: Motion Planning II (DR)   T 03/13     W 03/14 L10: Motion Planning III (DR)   Th 03/15     F 03/16 L11: Localization (ST)   M 03/19 L12: Mapping (ST) Lab 5 due (wiki and briefing) Lab 6: Motion Planning and Global Navigation T 03/20     W 03/21 L13: COURSE CHALLENGE (DR and ST)   Th 03/22     F 03/23 CI-M Lecture 6: Proposing a Design Strategy Criteria and Grading Rubric for Team-Written Challenge Proposals Team-written challenge proposals ASSIGNED   M 03/26 SPRING BREAK T 03/27 SPRING BREAK W 03/28 SPRING BREAK Th 03/29 SPRING BREAK F 03/30 SPRING BREAK M 04/02 L14: Manipulation I (DR)   T 04/03     W 04/04 L15: Manipulation II (DR) Lab 6 due (wiki and briefing) Lab 7: Grasping and Object Transportation Th 04/05     F 04/06 CI-M Lecture 7: Criteria for Team Challenge Reviews RSS Rubric for the Oral Design Review   M 04/09 L16: SLAM (ST) WORK TIME (NO DRY RUNS) T 04/10     W 04/11 L17: Large Mobile Robots (ST) Lab 7 due by end of day (no briefings; TA/LA check-offs and wiki video only) WORK TIME (NO DRY RUNS) Th 04/12   Team-written Challenge Proposal drafts due (posted to wiki & link sent to rss-staff by 5pm) F 04/13 CI-M Lecture 8: Coaching for Grand Challenge Presentations   M 04/16 Holiday -- Patriots Day T 04/17 Holiday -- Patriots Day     W 04/18 Challenge design review - dry runs #1 (4 teams) Challenge design review - dry runs #2 (4 teams) CI-M Written feedback on Challenge Proposal drafts will be sent by today (delivered electronically) Th 04/19     F 04/20     M 04/23 Final Challenge Design Review #1 (4 teams)   T 04/24     W 04/25 Final Challenge Design Reviews #2 (4 teams) Intermediate Grade Summaries Distributed See videos of the 2012 Challenge Presentations at http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.141/spring2012/pub/video/ Th 04/26 DROP DATE F 04/27 Debates #1 & #2   M 04/30 Debates #3 & #4 Final, Revised Team-written Challenge Proposals Due by 1pm   T 05/01     W 05/02 Debates #5 & #6   Th 05/03     F 05/04 Debates #7 & #8 Reflective report ASSIGNED (not CI-M; distribute criteria) M 05/07 L18: Multi-Robot Systems (DR) Challenge Milestones T 05/08     W 05/09 L19: Course Wrap-up (DR and ST) Challenge Milestones (dry runs) Th 05/10     F 05/11 COURSE CHALLENGE 1:05-3:27PM in 38-630 M 05/14 NO LECTURE   T 05/15     W 05/16 NO LECTURE Reflective report due Th 05/17 LAST DAY OF CLASSES F 05/18     M 05/21 FINAL EXAM WEEK (no 6.141 final) T 05/22 FINAL EXAM WEEK (no 6.141 final) W 05/23 FINAL EXAM WEEK (no 6.141 final) Th 05/24 FINAL EXAM WEEK (no 6.141 final) F 05/25 FINAL EXAM WEEK (no 6.141 final)