| UNIT A : Introduction to Robotics |
Lecture:
Reading:
Case Study: BigDog
- Robotic 'pack mule' displays stunning reflexes,
by David Hambling. NewScientist.com news service, Mar 3, 2006.
- BigDog, the Rough-Terrain Quadruped Robot,
by Marc Raibert, Kevin Blankespoor, Gabriel Nelson, Rob Playter and the BigDog Team.
in the Proceedings of the 17th World Congress The International Federation of Automatic Control, Seoul, Korea, July 2008.
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Advanced Reading:
- Legged Robots, by Marc Raibert.
Excerpt from "Legged Robots that Balance", MIT Press, 1986.
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| UNIT B : Construction |
Lecture:
Reading:
Case Study: DARPA Grand Challenges
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Advanced Reading:
- Stanley: The Robot that Won the DARPA Grand Challenge,
by Sebastian Thrun, Mike Montemerlo,
Hendrik Dahlkamp, David Stavens,
Andrei Aron, James Diebel, Philip Fong,
John Gale, Morgan Halpenny,
Gabriel Hoffmann, Kenny Lau, Celia Oakley,
Mark Palatucci, Vaughan Pratt, Pascal Stang,
Sven Strohband, Cedric Dupont,
Lars-Erik Jendrossek, Christian Koelen,
Charles Markey, Carlo Rummel,
Joe van Niekerk, Eric Jensen, Philippe Alessandrini,
Gary Bradski, Bob Davies, Scott Ettinger,
Adrian Kaehler, Ara Nefian, and
Pamela Mahoney.
Journal of Field Robotics 23(9), 2006.
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| UNIT C : Locomotion |
Lecture:
Reading:
- The Robotics Primer, chapter 5 (pages 46--57)
- Locomotion Systems in Robotic Application,
by Omid Jahanian and Ghasem Karimi.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (2006).
Case Study: Robots and the Arts
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| UNIT D : Sensing |
Lecture:
Reading:
Case Study: Robots in the home, school and workplace
- Maid to Order,
by Lev Grossman. Time.com, Sep 14, 2002.
- Robot Can Taste Wine and Cheeses, by Thai Tan. LaptopLogic.com, Sep 2, 2006.
- A Robot in Every Home, by Bill Gates. Scientific American Magazine, Jan 2007.
- Students, Meet Your New Teacher, Mr. Robot, by Benedict Carey and John Markoff.
New York Times, Jul 10, 2010.
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| UNIT E : Control |
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Reading:
Case Study: Search and Rescue robots
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| UNIT F : Robot Teams |
Lecture:
Reading:
Case Study: RoboCup Soccer
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