Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of mobile robotics, examining the basic principles of locomotion, kinematics, sensing, perception, and cognition that are key to the development of autonomous mobile robots. Grading will be based on homeworks (which will often include programming in the PlayerStage robot simulator in C or C++), 3 exams, and (for the graduate students) a final project (i.e., program plus short written report).

Prerequisites: This course does not assume any prior knowledge of robotics. However, the course does assume a working knowledge of calculus (Math 141/142), discrete math (CS 311), matrix algebra (Math 251), probability (Math 323 or ECE 313, or Prof. Thomason's 494/594 Markov Chains course, or equivalent), data structures and algorithms (CS302), and the ability to program in C or C++ in a Linux environment.

Instructor: Prof. Lynne E. Parker

• Office: Claxton 220
• Email: parker at eecs.utk.edu
• Office Hours: (Fall 2008) Tuesday/Thursday 4-5 PM, 6:25-7:00 PM (or send email to set up appointment)

TA (1/4-time each):

• Yifan Tang
  • Office: Claxton 124
  • Email: ytang at eecs.utk.edu
  • Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday, 1-2 PM

• Yu ("Tony") Zhang
  • Office: Claxton 125
  • Email: yzhang51 at eecs.utk.edu
  • Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 3-4 PM