Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Electrical & Computer Eng.

Meeting: 1:00PM - 2:15PM TR (25-AUG-2014 - 5-DEC-2014) 

Part of Term: Full Term

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Method of Instruction: Face to Face

Credit Hours: 4

 

Prerequisites: COMP 215 AND COMP 221

Section Max Enrollment: 50

Section Enrolled: 4

Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 50

Total Cross-list Enrolled: 41

Waitlisted: 0 (Max 198) 

Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.

Enrollment data as of: 23-APR-2024 2:30PM

 

 

Final Exam: Final Exam Unknown

 

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, robots assist surgeon sin life threatening operations, and robotic cars can drive us around. The field of robotics studies not only the design of new mechanisms but also the development of artificial intelligence frameworks to make these mechanism useful in the physical world, integrating computer science, engineering, mathematics and more recently biology and sociology, in a unique way. This class will present fundamental algorithmic advances that enable today’s robots to move in real environments and plan their actions. It will also explore fundamentals of the field of Artificial Intelligence through the prism of robotics. The class involves a significant programming project. Cross-list: COMP 450, MECH 450. Repeatable for Credit.