Robotics Fall 2017 | Mobile Autonomous Robotic Systems Lab

There were 12 projects in the Robotics 2017 course. Many projects have web-pages that feature nice videos!

SLAM themed projects:
- Pucca Wanders Around: 3D SLAM with Two Tilted Lidars: webpage; report
- Basic Implementation and Measurements of Plane Detection in Point Clouds: webpage; report
- Pointcloud with colors: webpage; report
- Visual SLAM for Small Indoor Vehicles: webpage; report
- Autonomous navigation and mapping of RoboCup Rescue Competition: webpage; report
Manipulation projects:
- 3D Printer with 4DOF Dobot Arm: webpage; report
- Identify Obstacles And Grab Items By Robot Arms: website; report
Navigation & Control:
- ABB-STAR mobile manipulation: webpage
- The Evolutionary Jackal: webpage; report
- Full Speed Jackal: webpage; report
- Turtlebots Parade: webpage; report
- Control of the Omni-direction Robot: website; report

Please join piazza for announcements and for discussions. Location: SIST Rm1D-108; Lectures: Mon & Wed: 10-12
The teaching assistant is Hou Jiawei ( houjw (at) shanghaitech.edu.cn ).

Date	Lecture	Reading	Misc
Mon Sep 18	Introduction	AMR: Chapter 1; MRMMM: Chapter 1	Homework 1 Due: Sep 19, 19:00 and Sep 24, 22:00
Wed Sep 20	Software	http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Introduction, http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Concepts, optional: http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Technical%20Overview
Mon Sep 25	Kinematics	MRMMM: Chapter 2.1 optional: AMR: Chapter 2	Homework 2 Due: Oct 10: 22:00 pose conventions cheat sheets
Wed Sep 27	Sensors I	- "" -
Mon Oct 9	Sensors II	MRMMM: Chapter 2.3 (you might want to review 2.2)	Homework 3 Due: Oct 18: 22:00
Wed Oct 11	SSRR
Mon Oct 16	Perception I	AMR: Chapter 4.2
Wed Oct 18	Planning	MRMMM: 8.1
Mon Oct 23	Presentations		Homework 4 Due: Nov 1: 22:00
Wed Oct 25	Robot Arms	Denavit–Hartenberg Parameters
Mon Oct 30	Perception II (Computer Vision)	AMR: 4.2; MRMMM: 8.1
Wed Nov 1	Perception III (Image Processing)	AMR: 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
Mon Nov 6	Project Meetings	AMR: 5 - 5.7; MRMMM: 9
Wed Nov 8	Localization	AMR: 5 - 5.7; MRMMM: 9
Mon Nov 13	Project Meetings
Wed Nov 15	Project Meetings
Mon Nov 20	Project Meetings
Wed Nov 22	SLAM	AMR: 5.8
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Wed Dec 13	Intermediate Report Due (see HW 5)!		Homework 5
Mon Dec 25	Summary Lecture
Wed Jan 3	Final Exam		Example
Jan 8 - 19	Final Demo
Wed Jan 17	Final Report Due
Fri Jan 19	Webpage Due

AMR: Autonomous Mobile Robots
MRMMM: Mobile Robotics: Mathematics, Models, and Methods