Schedule

All deadlines are 11:59pm CT
Homework Assignments (HW) Project Checkins

Week Tuesday Thursday Homework & Exercises
1

01/13 & 01/15

 Introduction & Logistics Pick and Place I: Poses, Spatial Transforms

HW1: Python Refresher / Pick & Place

 HW1 Colab Link
2

01/20 & 01/22

 Pick and Place II: Homogeneous Transformations in 2D Pick and Place III: Forward and Inverse Kinematics
3

01/27 & 01/29

 Snow day, no class Motion Planning HW1 Solution
4

02/03 & 02/05

 Supervised Learning I Supervised Learning II
5

02/10 & 02/12

 Imitation Learning I

HW3: Torch Practical

 Imitation Learning II HW3 Colab Link
6

02/17 & 02/19

 Transformers: Attention is All You Need Projects & Form Project Groups
7

02/24 & 02/26

 Brainstorming Session Good Proposals / LaTeX 101

HW3 Deadline

HW4: Paper Analysis
8

03/03 & 03/05

 Vectoring & Velocity in Research
Proposal Workshop

HW4 Deadline
9

03/10 & 03/12

 Proposal Workshop

Written Proposals Due
10

03/17 & 03/19

Holiday No Class / Spring Break

Holiday No Class / Spring Break
11

03/24 & 03/26

 Project Working Session Project Working Session
12

03/31 & 04/02

 Starting the Robot

HW5: Starting the Robot

 Project Working Session
13

04/07 & 04/09

 Project Checkins Project Working Session

HW5 Deadline: Start the Robot
14

04/14 & 04/16

 Project Checkins Project Working Session
15

04/21 & 04/23

Final Presentations

Final Presentations

 Final papers and code will be due at 11:59pm on May 4, 2026.

Additional materials

  • Intro to Robotics John J. Craig, Addison-Wesley Publishing, Inc., 1989.
  • Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control Kevin Lynch and Frank Park, Cambridge University Press. Link.
  • Robotics, Vision, and Control Peter Corke, Springer, 2011.