SIUE Integrated Systems Design Course

SIUE CS Dept. : Roboti.cs : Classes : Integrated Systems

Fall 2008 Syllabus

Robotics: Integrated Systems Design

Mechanics, Electronics, Computation, & Integration
CS 490, ECE 492, IME 492, ME 492

Time & Place: Monday & Wednesday 3 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. in EB 1012

Professors:

Dr. Jerry Weinberg
Computer Science
Office: EB 2053
Hours: T: 3 PM - 4 PM R: 2 PM - 4 PM & by appointment
Phone: 650-2368
Email:

Dr. Cem Karacal
Industrial Engineering
Office: EB 3053
Hours: TBD
Phone: 650-2435
Email:

Dr. George Engel
Electrical Engineering
Office: EB 3043
Hours: M & W: 2 PM - 3 PM
Phone: 650-2806
Email:

Dr. Ryan Krauss
Mechanical Engineering
Office: EB 2061
Hours: TBD
Phone: 650-5189
Email:

Teaching Assistants:

Scott Miller
Computer Science
Email:
Office: EB2029
Hours: MW 1P-3P & 4:30P-6PM

Aaron Parker
Computer Science & Physics
Email:
Office: EB1022
Hours: MW 4:15P-5:30P

Objectives:

1. To learn about integrated system design that includes mechanical, electrical, and computational components.

2. To study the mechanical mechanisms necessary for robot movement and actions.

3. To study the electrical mechanisms of sensor sampling and signal processing.

4. To study the computational mechanisms of autonomous robotics including deliberative and reactive architectures.

5. To study the computational mechanisms necessary for sensory perception.

6. To provide a hands-on experience to practical robotics.

7. To learn to work in a cross-functional team with people from different disciplines.

8. To learn about group dynamics and teamwork

Required Textbook:

Robotic Explorations: An Introduction to Engineering through Design by Fred Martin

Introduction to AI Robotics by Robin R. Murphy

Additional reading material will be assigned.

Suggested Reading:

Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots by R. Siegwart & I. Nourbakhsh

Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics by G. Dudek & M. Jenkin

Mobile Robotics a Practical Introduction by Ulrich Nehmzow

AI Topics Website: www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/robots.html

Course Website:

www.cs.siue.edu/robotics/integratedsystems

Turn-In Assignments:

http://classes.cs.siue.edu

Building & Programming:

Student teams will build robots using the XBC (http://www.charmedlabs.com/). The XBC is programmed in Interactive C (www.botball.org).

Students will also build and use a variety of sensors including CMU color camera (http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~cmucam/).

Organization:

• The course will consist of lectures, team assignments, and individual assignments.

• Each class member will participate in a team project. Teams will consist of 3 or 4 students from different disciplines.

• Students taking the course for graduate credit will be required to do an additional writing assignment, which will be calculated into your assignment grade.

Grading:

Assignments 25%

Quizzes 25%

Final Exam 20%

Final Project 30%

The development of this course is supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education.
Grant award number CCLI-0311434.