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Discussion:

Canvas: https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1861955

Please access Zoom class lectures and recordings via Canvas.

Discussion board: https://edstem.org/us/courses/90290

Use this board to discuss the content of the course. Feel free to discuss homeworks, projects, and any confusion over topics discussed in class. It is also acceptable to ask for clarifications about the statement of homework problems, but not about their solutions.

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Textbook:

There is no required textbook for the class. Many of the lectures and homework assignments will have associated papers and chapters from:

Probabilistic Robotics, S. Thrun, W. Burgard, and D. Fox., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, September 2005.

Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control, K. M. Lynch and F. C. Park, Cambridge University Press, 2017.

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Homeworks:

There will be 2 homeworks with programming components done in Python.

• Assignment #1, released Thursday, January 8th, due Thursday, February 5th, 11:59PM
• Assignment #2, released Thursday, February 12th, due Thursday, March 5th, 11:59PM

Homework late policy: You can accumulate 6 late days without incurring a penalty. Each day beyond that will incur a 20% penalty on that assignment. No late days on the 2nd assignment.

While we encourage students to discuss homeworks, each student must write up their own solution. It's fine to use a source for generic algorithms (with attribution), but it is not allowed to copy solutions to the problems. Additionally, students may not post their code online. If we determine that a student posted their code online, they will get an automatic 50% reduction on the entire assignment (math + code) and if they copy code for the problems from another student or from online, they will get an automatic 0% for the entire assignment (and possibly reported to the college).

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Projects:

There will be 2 projects done in teams of 3 people and will account for 55% of your grade.

Project 1: Released Thursday, January 15th, due Thursday, February 5th, 11:59PM
Project 1 will be a guided project focused on probabilistic robotics concepts covered in Section 1.

Project 2: Open-ended research project

• Proposal due: Thursday, February 12th, 11:59PM
• Report due: Thursday, March 12th, 11:59PM
• Presentations (Poster + Demo): Finals Week

Project 2 can investigate any question related to robotics. We encourage ideas from your own research. Make sure your problem is well-defined with clear objectives.
Projects will be presented in a poster session at the end of the quarter.

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Grading:

You will submit your assignments (both writeups and code) to canvas. You have all been enrolled into the class. Please check your email.

• Homeworks 40% (20% each)
• Project 1 (20%)
• Project 2 (35%)
  • Proposal: 5%
  • Report: 10%
  • Presentation: 20%
• Participation (5%)

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Anonymous Feedback:

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Course Outline