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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
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CMPSCI 403 |
Foundations of Robotics |
Fall 2020 |
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Course Information
This class is designed as a first course in robotics. We will
cover the basics of robotics including:
motor control, spatial representations, actuation, signal processing,
motion planning, and machine learning (time permitting) in robotics.
Students will build a simulation of a mobile manipulator in order to
reinforce the readings and the written exercises. Over the course of the
semester, a library of hierarchical skills will be built to support an
increasingly integrated robotic application.
Lecture:
Mon, Weds, Fri 11:15-12:05, zoom meeting credentials in email
Credit: 3 units
Instructors:
      Rod Grupen (lecturer), grupen at cs dot umass dot edu,
Office Hours: Fridays 12:30-2:30 PM zoom link
in email
      Daniel Marew (TA), dmarew at cs dot umass dot edu,
Office Hours: Mondays 2:00-4:00 PM zoom link
in email
      Apurva Swarnakar (CA), aswarnakar at umass dot edu,
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:00-2:00 PM zoom link
in email
      Deepanshu Pariyani (CA), dpariyani at umass dot edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 2:00-3:00 PM zoom link
in email
Basis for Your Grade:
Grading Policy: Discussion regarding projects is encouraged, but every student must complete all of the work submitted for a grade independently. Assignments generally include open-ended problems that may require the student to make assumptions and use concepts discussed in class to support their conclusions. This can involve explanation and/or analysis that is not explicitly part of the question. These problems require careful write-ups with short discussions and the presentation is part of the grade. Code is submitted separately and should not be submitted in your project write up---instead, the mathematical basis of the code and experimental results that prove that the code is correct should be included.
Late Policy:
Assignments should be handed in by 11:59 PM on the posted due date,
after that time, they are considered 1 day late. I will offer up to
four late days for every assignment with a penalty of 5% of your score
for every late day. After four days, the assignment will receive a
zero.
grupen "at" cs "dot" umass "dot" edu