8750/8751: Robotics Research Fundamentals I and II, Spring 2024Cource DescriptionThe Multidisciplinary Robotics Research course is a project-oriented course that is designed to introduce students to research in robotics. The objective is for students to work on a "small" research project supervised by 2 faculty members. As part of the course the student should generate (i) a research plan, (ii) a literature review, (iii) a test protocol, and (iv) a paper that documents the results from the project. Oral presentations are made throughout the course to enhance research communication skills. Additionally, peer evaluation is introduced to provide students with practice giving and receiving feedback from peers as is the gold standard in research evaluations across disciplines. Peer evaluations are "anonymous" but practically you can likely guess the author much as in real life. Tentative Syllabus: Here InstructorProf. Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis
Office HoursThu, 2:00pm - 3:00pm, Montgomery Knight Building, Office 415-B Please email or phone me in advance to schedule for an appointment. If you have any questions about the course, please send me email. I will try to respond as quickly as possible. Additionally, I will share questions that are particularly good (and their answers) with the rest of the class by broadcasting my answer to the entire class. If you plan to come to office hours for questions about homework, please be prepared to show attempts at solving the problem that you prepared before coming. Lecture Time and PlaceFriday, 11:00am - 12:55pm, Van Leer C241 Course CreditUnits: 3 PrerequisitesNone. TextbooksThere is no required text. The instructor will provide notes and research papers. WebsiteThe website for this course will be maintained on Canvas and here. |