CMPS 425B Robotics
This course introduces fundamental concepts in Robotics. Basic concepts will be discussed including coordinate transformations, sensors, path planning, kinematics, feedback, and feed-forward control, stressing the importance of integrating sensors, effectors, and control. The last part of the course will focus on applying the knowledge from the initial lectures to the key approaches to mobile robot control (reactive, behavior-based, and hybrid) and briefly discuss robot learning and multi-robot systems. In the lab, robot kits will be used in weekly exercises illustrating lecture material; the last month of the lab will be spent applying the learned material to a final project, in which the students will design and build a robot for a final competition. This course is intended for undergraduate students with interests in Robotics, Visual Computing, and Artificial Intelligence.