CS 370
Intelligent Mobile Robots
Winter 2010, Instructor:
Jeffrey
Horn
(jhorn@nmu.edu)
http://cs.nmu.edu/jhorn
This winter we are offering a SPECIAL VERSION of CS 370, thanks to the recent acquisition of the Pioneer 3DX (right). The Pioneer is capable of sophisticated navigation using map localization and its 16-sonar ring. Because of the reliable hardware and extensive software incorporated into Pioneer, we will be able to concentrate on high-level robot behaviors, such as hierarchical planning, long-range navigation, mapping new environments, and hidden target seeking. The Pioneer is already WiFi-enabled, allowing us to develop and run control algorithms on any networked computer. We plan to add a camera for computer vision early in the semester.
Because this version of the course is so different from previous versions (in which we concentrated more on hardware and on low-level behaviors such as obstacle avoidance and dead-reckoning navigation), I will allow 370 alumni to take this course by enrolling in CS 498, Directed Study in CS. I will also be WAIVING THE PREREQUISITE of CS 201 or 330 by signing an ADD/DROP card for students who have at least one year of programming experience (e.g., CS 122). I anticipate that we will be programming primarily in Java.
NUMBER: CS 370 (12420, Lec. 01)
CREDIT HOURS: 4
PREREQUISITES: see above
MEETING TIMES: 4:00 - 5:40 PM TR
(This announcement is on the web at
http://cs.nmu.edu/~jeffhorn/Classes/CS370/announce2010
).