Lecture Schedule

• Week 1

  • Sep. 02, 2026 Introduction, and History

• Week 2

  • Sep. 07, 2026 Labor Day - no class

  • Sep. 09, 2026 Architectures, Representations

• Week 3

  • Sep. 14, 2026 Kinematics and The Differential Drive Robot

  • Sep. 16, 2026 PF Localization

• Week 4

  • Sep. 21, 2026 Point Tracking & Control

  • Sep. 23, 2026 Path and Traj Tracking

• Week 5

  • Sep. 28, 2026 Robot Speed

  • Sep. 30, 2026 Motion Planning Intro 

• Week 6

  • Oct. 05, 2026 Graph Search 1 & Graph Search 2

  • Oct. 07, 2026 Sampling Based Algorithms I

• Week 7

  • Oct. 12, 2026 Fall break - No class

  • Oct. 14, 2026 POMDP Planning II

• Week 8

  • Oct. 19, 2026 Active Perception

  • Oct. 21, 2026 Multi-Robot MP

• Week 9

  • Oct. 26, 2026 Optimization Based Planning I

  • Oct. 28, 2026 Optimization Based Planning II

• Week 10

  • Nov. 02, 2026 Midterm Exam Review

  • Nov. 04, 2026 Midterm Exam 

• Week 11

  • Nov. 09, 2026 APF Olympics

  • Nov. 11, 2026 Novel Robot MP

• Week 12

  • Nov. 16, 2026 ML Based MP I

  • Nov. 18, 2026 ML Based MP II

• Week 13

  • Nov. 23, 2026 Project Kickoff

  • Nov. 25, 2026 Project Proposals

• Week 14

  • Nov. 30, 2026 Project Lit. Review I

  • Dec. 02, 2026 Project Lit. Review II

• Week 15

  • Dec. 07, 2026 Project working session

  • Dec. 09, 2026 Project working session

• Week 16

  • Dec. 14, 2026 Project Final Presentations