Calendar

TUE, APR 1

Lecture topics: Course overview, Stretch robot overview, example projects [SLIDES]

THU, APR 3

Lecture topics: ROS overview [SLIDES]

Week 1 Labs: ROS intro tutorials

MON, APR 7

Assignment #1 is due

TUE, APR 8

Lecture topics: Teamwork and project discussion [SLIDES]

THU, APR 10

Week 2 Labs: Stretch intro tutorials

MON, APR 14

Assignment #2 is due

TUE, APR 15

Lecture topics: Low-fidelity robot prototypes [SLIDES]

THU, APR 17

Week 3 Labs: Teleoperate robot, ROS utilities (RViz and interactive markers), ROS web tools (ROSBridge), simple web UI implementation

MON, APR 21

Assignment #3 is due

TUE, APR 22

Lecture topics: Video prototypes, robot perception [SLIDES]

THU, APR 24

Week 4 Labs: Stretch perception, ArUco marker detection

MON, APR 28

Assignment #4 is due

TUE, APR 29

Lecture topics: Robot manipulation [SLIDES], Evaluation [SLIDES]

THU, MAY 1

Week 5 Labs: Motion planning, Programming by Demonstration

MON, MAY 5

Assignment #5 is due

TUE, MAY 6

Lecture topics: Robot mapping and navigation [SLIDES]

THU, MAY 8

Week 6 Labs: Mapping & navigation, integration

MON, MAY 12

Assignment #6 is due

Project proposal is due

TUE, MAY 13

Catch up on labs

THU, MAY 15

Catch up on labs

MON, MAY 19

Assignment #7 is due

TUE, MAY 20

Implementation

THU, MAY 22

Implementation

MON, MAY 26

Assignment #8 is due

TUE, MAY 27

Lecture topics: Team share-outs about project progress

Instructor check-in about evaluation plans, implementation

THU, MAY 29

Implementation

MON, JUN 2

Assignment #9 is due

TUE, JUN 3

Evaluation

THU, JUN 5

Evaluation

MON, JUN 9

Assignment #10 is due

Final video is due

TUE, JUN 10

FINAL PRESENTATIONS

11:30am-1:00pm

THU, JUN 12

Project report is due