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This is the homepage for ME/CS 133(a,b) (Introduction to Robotics) for Fall/Winter 2017-18.  
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== Course Staff, Hours, Location ==

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| '''Position''' || '''Name''' || '''Office''' || '''Office Hours''' (changing weekly) || '''Email''' || '''Phone'''
|-
| '''Instructor'''
| Joel Burdick
| 245 Gates-Thomas
| ''send mail for an appointment''
| [mailto:jwb@robotics.caltech.edu jwb at robotics dot caltech dot edu]
| 626-395-4139
|-
| '''Teach Asst.'''
| Joseph Bowkett
| 205 Gates-Thomas
| TBD
| [mailto:jbowkett@caltech.edu jbowkett at caltech dot edu]
| 626-395-1989
|-
| '''Teach Asst.'''
| Daniel Pastor Moreno
| 205 Gates-Thomas
| TBD
| [mailto:dpastorm@caltech.edu dpastorm at caltech dot edu]
| 626-395-1989

|-
| '''Teach Asst.'''
| Jeff Edlund
| 205 Gates-Thomas
| TBD
| [mailto:jedlund@caltech.edu jedlund at caltech dot edu]
| 626-395-1989
|-

|-
| '''Teach Asst.'''
| Ellen Feldman
| 205 Gates-Thomas
| TBD
| [mailto:efeldman@caltech.edu efeldman at caltech dot edu]
| 626-395-1989
|-

|-
| '''Teach Asst.'''
| Luke Urban
| 205 Gates-Thomas
| TBD
| [mailto:lsurban@gmail.com lsurban at gmail dot com]
| 626-395-1989
|-

| '''Teach Asst.'''
| Daniel Naftalovich 
| 205 Gates-Thomas
| TBD
| [mailto:nafty@caltech.edu nafty at caltech dot edu]
| 626-395-1989

|-
| '''Administrative'''
| Sonya Lincoln
| 250 Gates-Thomas
| 7:30am-noon; 1:00pm-4:30pm
| [mailto:lincolns@caltech.edu lincolns at caltech dot edu]
| 626-395-3385
|}


'''Lecture Schedule:''' 
* '''Days:''' Monday, Wednesday, Friday
* '''Time:''' 3:00-3:55 pm   
* '''Location:''' 135 Gates-Thomas

== Announcements For ME/CS 133(a,b) ==
'''10/13/17:''' Office hours for Homework #2
* Monday, Oct. 16, '''4:00 pm''' (after class, in Room 135 Gates-Thomas)
* Tuesday, Oct. 17, '''7:00-9:00 pm''' (room, 326 Sherman Fairchild)
'''10/11/17:''' Homework #2 is due Wednesday, October 18 (see link below)
'''10/04/17:''' Office hours for Homework 1 are:
* 4:00 pm-5:00 pm (right after class) on Friday, '''Oct. 6''' in Gates-Thomas 135
* 7:00 pm-10:00 pm Sunday, '''Oct. 8''', Sherman Fairchild Rooms 231 and 229
'''10/02/17:''' Homework 1 was distributed in class on Monday, and is available at the link below.  It is due at 5:00 pm on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.

== Course Lecture Schedule for ME/CS 133(a) ==
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| Week || Date || Topic || Reading || Optional Reading || Homework

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=====Introduction and Review of Rigid Body Kinematics =====
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| 25 Sept. (Mon.)
| Class Overview
| [[Media:MECS_133_overview_2017.pdf | Course Overview]], <br> [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/mlswiki/index.php/Main_Page  Chapter 1 of MLS]
| [http://dlxs2.library.cornell.edu/k/kmoddl/pdf/013_002.pdf History of Kinematics Through 1900] (Introductory chapter from <em> Kinematic Synthesis of Linkages</em>)   
| rowspan=3 align=center | -No Homework-

|-
| 27 Sept. (W)
| Planar Rigid Body Kinematics, <br> Planar displacements
| [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/mlswiki/index.php/Main_Page MLS Ch 2.1], Pages 19-23
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaucellier%E2%80%93Lipkin_linkage Wikepedia Page on the Peaucellier Mechanism]

|-
| 29 Sept. (F)
| Planar Rigid Body Displacements (''continued''), <br> Displacement groups  
| [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/mlswiki/index.php/Main_Page MLS Ch 2.1], <br>
[[Media:PlanarDisplacements.pptx | Change of Reference in Planar Displacements]] (PowerPoint)
| -N/A-

|-
| align=center rowspan=4 | 2
| colspan=5 |

===== From Planar Rigid Body Kinematics to Spherical Kinematics =====
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| 02 Oct. (M)
| poles, [http://robotics.caltech.edu/~jwb/courses/ME115/Lectures/Centrodes.pptx Centrodes], elliptic Trammel <br> 
| [[Media:EllipticalTrammel.pdf | Notes on the Elliptical Trammel]]
|  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trammel_of_Archimedes Archemides Trammel] (Wikipedia)<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBhxKavV_Xo Trammel], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMNArJh7umg&list=PL6534E936D46257BF&index=22 V 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAVx3x_H1eA&list=PL6534E936D46257BF&index=20# V 2], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMNArJh7umg&list=PL6534E936D46257BF&index=22 compliation], <br> [[Media:PolyhedralLinkages.pdf | Linkages Synthesized Using Cardan Motion Along Radial Lines]]
| rowspan=3 align=center | [[Media:MECS133a_set1.17.pdf | Homework 1]], <br> (Due Oct. 9) <br> [[Media:MECS133_sol1.17.pdf | Solution 1]] <br> [[Media:Homework1Grades.pdf | Histogram of grades received on Hwk 1]]

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| 04 Oct. (W)
| Intro to Spherical Kinematics 
| [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/mlswiki/index.php/Main_Page MLS Pages 22-26],<br> [[Media:MatrixGroups.pdf | Notes on the Classical Matrix Groups]]
| -N/A-

|-
| 06 Oct. (F)
| Spherical Kinematics (''continued''), <br> Classical Matrix Groups
| [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/mlswiki/index.php/Main_Page MLS Ch 2.2, 2.3], <br>  [[Media:rotation.pdf | Notes on Rotations]]
| [http://www.fulviofrisone.com/attachments/article/486/Weyl%20-%20The%20Classical%20Groups%20(168S).pdf Herman Weyl's book on the classical groups]

|-
| align=center rowspan=4 | 3
| colspan=5 |

===== Spherical Kinematics =====
|-
| 9 Oct. (M)
| Cayley's Theorem, Euler's Theorem
| [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/mlswiki/index.php/Main_Page MLS 27-31]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayley_transform Wikipedia Page on Cayley Transform]
| rowspan=3 align=center | [[Media:MECS133a_set2a.17.pdf | Homework 2]] <br> (Due Oct. 18)
|-
| 11 Oct. (W)
| Angle-Axis Representation, Rodriguez Formula, Matrix Exponential, 
| 
| -N/A-
|-
| 13 Oct. (F)
| Euler Angles
| [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/mlswiki/index.php/Main_Page MLS 31-34] 
| -N/A-

|-
| align=center rowspan=4 | 4
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===== Spherical Kinematics =====
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| 16 Oct. (M)
| Quaternions
| [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/mlswiki/index.php/Main_Page MLS 33-34]
| [[Media:NotesOnAlgebras.pdf | Notes On Algebras]] 
| rowspan=3 align=center | -N/A-
|-
| 18 Oct. (W)
| Quaternion Wrap-Up, <br> Intro to Spatial Kinematics, <br> Homogeneous Coordinates, 
| [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/mlswiki/index.php/Main_Page MLS 34-39]
| -N/A-
|-
| 20 Oct. (F)
| Spatial Exponential Coordinates, <br> Intro to screws
| [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/mlswiki/index.php/Main_Page MLS 39-45] <br> [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/mlswiki/index.php/Main_Page MLS 45-50]
| -N/A-


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| align=center rowspan=4 | 5
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===== Spatial Kinematics and Velocities =====
|-
| 23 Oct. (M)
| Motion Capture via Rodriguez Equation <br> Intro to Rigid Body Velocities 
| [[Media:Rodriguez.pdf | Using Rodriguez' Displacement Equation]], <br>[http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/mlswiki/index.php/Main_Page MLS 51-56]
| 
| rowspan=3 align=center | [[Media:MECS133a_set3.pdf | Homework 3]] <br> [[Media:VirualMachineSetup.pdf | Instructions on Acquiring Virtual Machine]]
|-
| 25 Oct. (W)
| Rigid Body Velocities Continued <br> Intro to Wrenches  
| [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/mlswiki/index.php/Main_Page MLS 57-64]
| -N/A-
|-
| 27 Oct. (F)
| ''No Class'' 
| 
| -N/A-
|}

== Course Text and References ==

The '''main course text''' for '''ME/CS 133(a)''' is:  
* [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/mlswiki/index.php/Main_Page R.M. Murray, Z. Li, and S. Sastry, ''A Mathematical Introduction to Robotic Manipulation,'' CR Press, 1994.]  
* The 1st edition of this book is available freely on-line at the link above, and is perfectly adequate for the course

We will refer to this text as ''MLS'' (the initials of the authors' last names). While the course topics will follow the text, additional material will often be presented in class. Additional course handouts covering this material will be posted on this website

A ''' main text''' for the '''ME/CS 133(b)''' is: ''Planning Algorithms'' by Steve LaValle (UIUC). 
* You can buy this book [http://www.amazon.com/Planning-Algorithms-Steven-M-LaValle/dp/0521862051/sr=1-1/qid=1167872270/ref=sr_1_1/105-3129515-7885245?ie=UTF8&s=books  on-line at Amazon].  A [http://msl.cs.uiuc.edu/planning/  preprint of the text ] is available freely on-line, and is adequate for all course activities.  

The following book is recommended (but not required) for ME/CS 133(b):
* ''Principles of Robot Motion: Theory, Algorithms, and Implementations,'' by Howie Choset, Kevin Lynch, Seth Hutchinson, George Kantor, Wolfram Burgard, Lydia Kavraki, and Sebastian Thrun. 

This text is [http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Robot-Motion-Implementations-Intelligent/dp/0262033275/sr=1-2/qid=1167872622/ref=sr_1_2/105-3129515-7885245?ie=UTF8&s=books  available at Amazon ]
in both new and used versions.

=== Grading ===

The final grade will be based on homework sets, and a final exam or final project: 

* ''' Homework (40%):''' Homework sets are due at 5 pm on the due date (which will always coincide with a class meeting).  Homeworks can be dropped off in class, or deposited in the box outside of 245 Gates-Thomas.  Some homeworks will require computation.  MATLAB or Mathematica should be sufficient to solve every homework posed in ME/CS 133(a), though students can choose their favorite programming language. Code is considered part of your solution and should be included in with the problem set when appropriate.

* ''' Laboratory (30%):''' Lab reports are due at 5 pm on the due date (which will usually coincide with a class meeting).  Labs can be dropped off in class, or deposited in the box outside of 245 Gates-Thomas.  The first labs will familiarize students with the class robots.  Subsequent labs will focus on how to translate the lecture material to the lab robots, and will often involve the use of software systems such as ROS and OOMPL.

* '''Final exam/project (30%):''' In ME/CS 133(a), students have the option to take a final exam (a limited time take-home format exam which is open book, open note, and computer allowed) or select a final project.  The final project must incorporate some aspect of the course, and the topic and scope my be approved by the course instructor.  The final exam will due at 5:00 pm the last day of finals. The final project is similarly due at 5:00 pm on the last day of finals.

* '''Late Homework Policy:'''  Students may automatically take a 2-day extension on '''two''' homeworks or labs during each quarter.

=== Collaboration Policy === 

Collaboration on homework assignments is encouraged. You may consult outside reference materials, other students, the TA, or the instructor, but you must cite any use of material from outside references. All solutions that are handed in should be written up individually and should reflect
your own understanding of the subject matter.  Computer code and graphical plots are considered part of your solution, and therefore should be done individually (you can share ideas, but not code).  No collaboration is allowed on the examinations.