UNC- Charlotte ECGR4161/5196, MEGR4127

Introduction to Robotics - Summer 2012

Lecture 5:00 - 6:45 pm, T/H , Woodward 140

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August 3, 2012



 

Summer 2012 Class activities and Lecture Notes 
5/22/12 - Lecture 0:  Intro, Syllabus, Lab 0
  • We discussed the class syllabus
  • We also discussed robotics in general.
  • Read the course book Chapter 1.
  • YouTube videos (see notes, below)
  • PowerPoint Slides Lecture 0
  • Plus these hand-written notes
  • Recorded video in Moodle (sorry, no audio)
5/24/12 - Lecture 1:  Robotics systems, Locomotion

5/29/12 - Lecture 2:  View videos of Lab 0 and robotics systems
5/31/12 - Lecture 3:  Robot Locomotion and Sensors 6/5/12 - Lecture 4-Part 1:  Systems Engineering
6/7/12 - Lecture 4-Part 2:  Systems Engineering
6/12/12 - Lab day (no class - use it wisely!)

6/14/12 - Lecture 5:  Wheeled Locomotion 
6/19/12 - Lecture 6:  Robot examples 6/21/12 - Exam 1
  • Recorded video on some problems solved on 6/19 - available on YouTube (this is also a part of Lecture 5)
6/26/12 - Lecture 7:  Sensing: Analog to Digital Conversion 
6/28/12 - Lab day (no class - use it wisely!)

7/3/12 - Lab day (no class - use it wisely!)

7/5/12 - Lecture 8:  Sensing:  IR and Sonar 
7/10/12 - Lecture 9:  Robot examples

7/12/12 - Lecture 8

  • Finished up lecture 8, see 7/5/12 class for notes and YouTube Video
7/17/12 - Lecture 10:  Sensing:  LIDAR and Encoders 
7/19/12 - Lecture 11:  Future Robots and Technology  
7/24/12 - Lecture 12:  Sensing Review; Electronics 
7/26/12 - Exam 2

7/26/2012 and 7/31/12 - Lecture 13:  SLAM - Robotic Mapping 8/2/12 - Lecture 14:  Robotic State Machines 8/7/12 - Lecture 15:  SLAM Applications 

8/9/2012 - Optional Exam 3

 

 
Robotics References
  • TBD
  
Summer 2012 Reference Notes and videos