Computer Science 403 - IntroRobotcs:PercpMechDynCntrl

This course covers basic methods and concepts in order to explain how robots work. We will study how they sense things in the world, how you make a robot move, and how robots can make their own decisions. We will study mechanisms (kinematics and dynamics), actuators, sensors, (with a focus on machine vision), signal processing, feedback control theory, machine learning, and path planning. Students will build software systems for simulated robots and logged real robot sensor data, and do experiments with system identification and control, image processing, and path planning to reinforce the material presented in class.

Open to undergraduate students. MATH 235/36 & COMP 220/30 w/ C AN HONORS COLLOQUIUM IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS COURSE. UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMING CLASS, C OR C++ EXPERIENCE. STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cics.umass.edu/overrides.