CMRoboBits: Course Information + Announcements

Announcements

  • 9/3/08
    The lab machines will be ready for use soon (the password will be posted on the mailing list).
    Please read the LAB Rules before working on them.
    The installation instructions + first steps have been updated.
    Furthermore, a troubleshooting page has been added to resolve some quirks with Robotics Studio.
  • Course Description

    The course is an advanced introduction to AI and robotics as a hands-on experience to interactively learn how to create different and multiple intelligent robots. In this course we will use several robot platforms, namely: iRobot Create, Scribbler, AIBO, and ER1-based ones.


    We will use, as the underlying development framework, and for the first time in a course: The Microsoft Robotics Studio!


    The course is organized as a 2-hour lecture on Monday and a lab class on Wednesday. There will be well-targeted weekly hands-on homeworks, a midterm, and a final project.


    Topics covered in the course are:

    Prerequisites

    Experience with an object-oriented language is required (e.g. C++ or C#). Python will be taught as part of the labs. Please contact the instructor if you are in doubt whether you fullfil the prerequisites.

    Essentials

    Lectures: Mondays 11:30am-1:20pm in DH 1211
    Labs: Wednesdays 12:30pm-1:20pm in NSH 3206 (the "REL")
    Schedule: Schedule of class topics, assignments, readings, and due dates
    Grading: Administrative matters such as grading, late-policies, etc...
    Textbook: There is no official textbook for this class. We will be posting relevant texts along with the lectures.
    Please also take a look at the Documentation section where we will post references that will help you to get started with the robots.

    Instructors

    Who Email
    Manuela Veloso veloso [AT] cs.cmu.edu
    Stephanie Rosenthal (TA) srosenth [AT] cs.cmu.edu
    Richard Chang (TA) rtc1 [AT] andrew.cmu.edu

    Office Hours

    Who Location Hours
    TBA TBA TBA