ME 131: Advanced Robotics: Navigation

Official Time and Place: TTh 9-10:30, 301 Thomas

Prof. Joel W. Burdick, jwb@robotics.caltech.edu,Mail Code 104-44, Room 319 Thomas, (626) 395-4139

TA: Todd Murphey, murphey@robotics.caltech.edu, Room 308C Thomas, x4489
Office Hours: arranged by email

Announcements

Lab (room 04 Moore)

Handouts

• Handout #1 Intro to Motion Planning.
• Handout #2 Intro to Configuration Space
• Handout #3 C-Space Obstacles.

Homework

• HW#0: read handouts #1-3.
• Homework Late Policy.

Other Useful Information

• A Mathematica primer is available in a Postscript file to get you started.
• A Matlab primer is available in html form to get you started
• The Mechanical Engineering Department homepage
• Information on the Worldwide Web
• Beginner's HTML Documentation