Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: ALGORITHMIC ROBOTICS

Department: Computer Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 4

Prerequisite(s): COMP 211

Description: Robots have fascinated people for generations. Today, robots are built for applications as diverse as exploring remote planets, de-mining war zones, cleaning toxic waste, assembling cars, inspecting pipes in industrial plants, and mowing lawns. Robots are also interacting with humans in a variety of ways: robots are museum guides, robot pets entertain, and robots assist surgeons in life threatening operations. The field of robotics studies not only the design of new mechanisms but also the development of algorithms, and frameworks to make these mechanisms useful in the physical world, integrating science, engineering, mathematics and more recently biology and sociology, in a unique way. This class will take both a conventional and an unconventional view of robotics in an effort to show the breath of this field. It will present spectacular recent successes achieved with devices that one would readily recognize as robots, such as automated vehicles and the Mars rovers. Cross-list: ELEC 450, MECH 450. Recommended Prerequisite(s): (COMP 182 or COMP 280) and (COMP 280 and COMP 314). Repeatable for Credit.