Topics

Date Topic Slides Notes Modern Robotics Chapter RMC Book1
Jan 13 Course Overview; Motion Tasks Overview 1 1
Jan 15 MuJoCo Setup MuJoCo webpage
Jan 20 Nonlinear Least squares slides
Jan 22 Scan Matching scan match, NDT
- Frames and Coordinates Euclidean Space Ch 1 3.1 2.1
Jan 27 Odometry odometry
- Homogenous Coordinates Homogenous Transformations Ch 1.5 3.3.1 2.2-2.6
Jan 29 Pose Graph Optimization pose graph
- Extended Kalman Filter SLAM EKF Slam
Feb 03 Map Representations OneNote
Feb 05 Motion Planning Overview Overview, Search OneNote 10.3 5
Feb 10 Search-based Motion Planning Search OneNote 10.3
Feb 12 Motion Planning RRT, Polynomial Blends MP1, MP2 OneNote 10.3 5
Feb 17 Optimal Control Optimal Control PDF
- Linear Dynamical Systems Linearization, LTI Systems
Feb 19 LQR OC Web slides, Simple LQR Matrix Review
Feb 24 iLQR iLQR
Feb 26 iLQR: Line Search, Forward Pass, MPC iLQR, MPC
- ODEs ODE Slides ODE Models, Mechanical Sys, Electrical Sys,
Mar 03 Modeling Powered Mechanisms Ch 3, OneNote Ch 3.1 Ch 7.6
Mar 05 Dynamics Dynamics, Actuation Ch 3, OneNote Ch 3.1 Ch 7.6
- Control Systems Laplace Transforms, Transfer Functions, Stability, Feedback/forward Control
Mar 10 Independent Joint Control, Gravity Compensated PD IJC, GravComp 4.1-4.2 11.4.2.1 6, 8.1
Mar 13 Inverse Dynamics Control InvDyn 4.2 11.4.2.2 8.2

Footnotes

  1. Robot Modeling and Control, M. W. Spong, S. Hutchinson, and M. Vidyasagar, John Wiley & Sons, 2006. ↩︎