MAE 493G, CpE 493M Mobile Robotics, Fall 2013

Syllabus

• MAE 493G, CpE 493M
  

Lecture Notes

1. Introduction to Mobile Robotics
   
2. Mobile Robot Design
   
3. Robot Communication
   
4. Robot Sensors
   
5. Measurement and Calibration
   
6. Basic Probability
   
7. Basic Statistics
   
8. I ntroduction to Kalman Filter
   
9. Navigation and Robot Kinematics
   
10. Robot Control
    
11. Introduction to Robot Planning
    

Lab Guides

1. Serial Communication (2 Sessions)
   
2. Controlling the iRobot Create
   
3. Sensor Data Conversion and Calibration
   
4. Kinect and Data Analysis
   
5. One-State Extended Kalman Filter (2 Sessions)
   
6. Tilt Sensing and PID Control
   

Final Project

• Search and Rescue Challenge
  

Video

• Final Project
  

Software

• SLAM Simulator