Lectures

Week Course Materials Additional Materials
1 Historical Context, Types, and Applications: [pdf][video: 1, 2, 3, 4]
Basic Robotic Concepts: [pdf, ppt]
Spatial Representations of Rigid Bodies (I): [pdf, ppt][video: 1, 2-3, 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3]
Problem set 1: [pdf]
2 Spatial Representations of Rigid Bodies (II): [pdf, ppt]
[Videos: 1, 2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3]
Problem set 2: [pdf]
3 Forward Kinematics: [pdf, ppt]
Quiz 1: [pdf, solution]
SCARA and Fanuc: [pdf]
Summary of DH Convention: [pdf]
Corke's Robotics Toolbox: [zip]
4 Inverse Kinematics: [pdf, ppt]
[Videos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
5 Differential Kinematics: [pdf, ppt]
Quiz 2: [pdf, solution]
Some examples: [pdf]
symfunctions: [py]
6 Mobile Robot Kinematics: [pdf, ppt]
7 Trajectory Generation: [pdf, ppt]
Quiz 3: [pdf]
8 Midterm Exam: [pdf]
9 Perception using Computer Vision: [pdf] Test images and code: [zip]
Face detection: [zip]
10 Robot Components: [pdf]
Quiz 4
11 Motion Planning: [pdf]
12 Dynamics I: [pdf]
13 Dynamics II: [pdf]
Quiz 5: [pdf]
14 Control: [pdf] test-files: [zip]
15 Introduction to Localization and Mapping: [pdf]
Quiz 6: [pdf]
test-files: [kf], [ekf]
16 Final Exam: [pdf]