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MEAM 620: Advanced Robotics

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MEAM 620 is a graduate-level course for students seriously interested in doing research in robotics. The class mainly concentrates on motion planning and control of single and multi-robot dynamical systems. The goal of the class is to ensure that the students who take it will be able to develop state-of-the-art real-time planning modules for robotic systems and controllers capable of executing the generated plans. Even though the material applies to a variety of robotic systems, the most natural application of the material is mobile robots operating in real-world environments.

The course is designed to balance theory with application. While the class will have no exams, it is project-intensive. Tentatively, it will have two or three small projects, few theoretical homeworks, and one larger research-oriented final project. For the smaller projects, the students will implement real-time planning and control modules for a simulated single mobile robot navigating a realistic environment. For the final project, the students will have an opportunity to pick a related topic that interests them. The final project can be done either individually or in groups of at most two students. Each group will present the final project at the end of the course. Students are expected to be highly motivated and conduct high quality project work with a conference-paper quality final report.