Stanford Robotics

Artificial Intelligence Laboratory - Stanford University

CS327A — Advanced Robotics

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Spring Quarter 2013

Instructor Prof. Oussama Khatib
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Room Gates 144
Office hours: Wed 4-5pm

Assistant Gerald Brantner
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Office hours: Tue, Thu 10:30-11:30
Gates Fishbowl / Gates 122

Lectures Gates B12
Mon, Wed, 2:15-3:30pm


Schedule

Mon, April 01 Course Introduction
Wed, April 03 Kinematics
Mon, April 08 Inverse Kinematics
Wed, April 10 Operational Space Dynamics
Mon, April 15 Unified Motion/Force Control
Wed, April 17 Redundancy
Mon, April 22 Inertial Properties
Wed, April 24 Cooperative
Mon, April 29 Humanoids
Wed, May 01 Whole Body Control
Mon, May 06 Human-Motion Analysis
Wed, May 08 Haptics
Mon, May 13 Tactile Perception
Wed, May 15 Elastic Planning
Mon, May 20 Robot Design
Wed, May 22 Robot Control Architectures
Mon, May 27 Memorial Day (no class)
Wed, May 29 Review
Mon, June 03 TBD
Fri, June 07 Mini-Symposium
Sat, June 08 Take-Home Final

Course Format and Grading

Lectures (75%), Paper Reviews (25%)
Homework (30%), Review (20%), Final (50%)

Reading

The course reader is mandatory and available at the bookstore.
In addition, we will distribute the slides prior to each class.

Handouts

Syllabus pdf
1 Kinematics pdf
2 Inverse Kinematics pdf
3 Operational Space Dynamics pdf
4 Compliant Motion Control pdf
5 Redundancy pdf
6 Inertial Properties pdf
7 Cooperation pdf
8 Introduction to Haptics pdf
9 Tactile Perception pdf
10 Human Friendly Design pdf
11 Elastic Planning pdf
12 Humanoids pdf

Homework


Out Due
Homework 1 pdf
Tue, Apr. 9
Mon, Apr. 22, by the end of lecture
Homework 2 pdf Mon, Apr. 22 Mon, May 6, by the end of lecture
Homework 3 pdf Mon, May 6 Mon, May 20, by the end of lecture
Homework 4 pdf Mon, May 27 Mon, June 3, by 4pm, drop at Gates 122