Assignment Schedule

Assingment manuals are linked here. Assignments will be done in pairs of two students. Assignments begin on the dates listed left, and are due via Brightspace at 11:59PM EST on the day listed below right. 

For assignments 2, 4, 5, and 6, we will divide student pairs into two groups - group A and group B. For these assignments, one of the two groups will complete their assignment work in the ZeroAI lab, and the other group will complete their work whereever they choose - using Generative AI tools. For this later group, instructions will be provided on how to use the GenAI tools.

• Sep. 09, 2026 Assignment 1 - Robot Building Due Sep. 15

• Sep. 16, 2026 Assignment 2 - Motion Modeling Due Sep. 27

• Sep. 30, 2026 Assignment 3 - Path Following Due Oct. 13

• Oct. 14, 2026 Assignment 4 - Tree Search MP Due Oct. 27

• Oct. 28, 2026 Assignment 5 - Sampling Based MP Due Nov. 22

REPORT WRITING

Many assignments require a report to be submitted at the end of the assignment.  All reports should be written in IEEE Conference format:

• Language: English

• Paper size: US Letter or A4

• Format: two-column IEEE conference format

• Templates: LateX template and MS Word template

• Paper Length: minimum 3 pages and maximum 6 pages

Some tips when writing your lab reports:

• All equations should be numbered.

• All figures should have a caption, and should be referenced in text (or ask yourself why is it in the document?)

• Label the axis on all plots.

• Units should be with all numbers.

• No adjectives or adverbs should be used, at least not backed up immediately with quantifiable metrics.

• The instructor's publications (although old) provide an idea of expectations: https://www.lair.hmc.edu/publications