The City College of New York

Department of Electrical Engineering

I5501: Introduction to ROBOTICS

(Fall 2023)

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Course Objective:

To expose graduate students/senior undergraduate students with the fundamental issues related to the research and applications of robotic systems. The course covers both robot manipulators and mobile robots. Students will be able to learn the mathematic tools for modeling, analysis, and control of a robotic system. The students will be able to gain the knowledge of robot kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, trajectory generation, sensing, and robot controller design.

General Information:

Description:

Graduate level course, 3 credits, Fall semester every year. Senior undergraduates can take this course with instructor's permission.

Prerequisites:

EE371 (Linear feedback Systems)

Lecture Time:

Tue. 6:30pm-9:15pm             

Instructor

Prof. Jizhong Xiao

Location:

Shepard Hall SH-19

Office:

Steinman Hall, Room T-534

Office Hours:

By appointment

E-mail:

jxiao@ccny.cuny.edu

Tel:

212-650-7268

Website:

 CCNY Robotics Lab: http://robotics.ccny.cuny.edu

Textbooks:

1. Robotics --- Control, Sensing, Vision and Intelligence, K. S. Fu, R. C. Gonzalez, C. S. G. Lee, McGraw-Hill, 1987, ISBN 0-07-022625-3. (Out of print, course pack will be available before class)

2. Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots, Roland Siegwart, Illah R. Nourbakhsh, The MIT Press, 2004, ISBN 0-262-19502-X. (Available at CCNY bookstore)

Reference books:

1. Introduction to AI Robotics, Robin R. Murphy, The MIT Press, 2000, ISBN 0-262-13383-0. 

2. Introduction to Robotics: Analysis, Systems, Applications, Saeed B. Niku, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-061309-6.

3. Sensors for Mobile Robots --- Theory and Application, H. R. Everett, A. K. Peters, Ltd, ISBN 1-56881-048-2.

4. Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics, Gregory Dudek, Michael Jenkin, Cambridge University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-521-56876-5.

5. Introduction to Robotics, Phillip John McKerrow, 1990, ISBN 0-201-18240-8.

6. Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery, Charles E. Wilson, J. Peter Sadler, Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN 0-201-35099-8.

7. Fundamentals of Robotics --- Analysis and Control, Robert J. Schilling, Prentice Hall, 1990, ISBN 0-13-344433-3.

            You can find these books (new or used books) from Amazon.com.

Tentative Topics:

Introduction: historical development of robotic systems, research perspectives
Robot Manipulators: homogeneous representation, robot kinematics and dynamics models, path and trajectory planning, robot motion control
Mobile Robots: kinematics model and dynamic model of wheeled mobile robots, motion planning and trajectory generation, navigation and mapping
Robot Sensing: visual and non-visual sensors

Course Schedule and Update:

Week and date

Lecture notes

Homework

Comment

Week 1 (Aug. 29)

Introduction:  PDF format;       ppt format

Video: 1) automat 2) tea dole 3) industrial robot 4) Shakey 5) Stanford Cart 6) PUMA 7) ARM Dexterity 8)Field Robots 9)Service Robot 10) AI-1 11) AI-2 12) Autonomous Robot  13) Humanoid 14) Sony Qrio

 

slides updated

Week 2 (Sept. 4)

Labor Day (College Closed, Sept 2~5)

 

 

Week 2 (Sept. 5)

Kinematics I: ppt format

HWK1

Handout on Kinematics

HWK1 due on Sept.12, before class

Week 3 (Sept. 12)

 

Kinematics II: ppt format

Denavit-Hartenberg Tutorial Video

HWK2

HWK2 due on Sept. 19

Week 3 (Sept. 15~16)

 No Classes Scheduled (Rosh Hashanah)

 

 

Week 4 (Sept. 19)

Jacobian: ppt format

HWK3

HWK3 due on Sept. 26

Handout on Trajectory Planning

Week 5 (Sept. 24~25)

 No Classes Scheduled (Yom Kippur)

Week 5 (Sept. 26)

Dynamics: ppt format

HWK4

Handout on Dynamics, HWK4 due on Oct 3

Week 6 (Oct. 3)

Manipulator Control: ppt format 

HWK5

Handout on Manipulator Control, HWK5 due on Oct 17

Week 7 (Oct. 9)

College Closed, No Class (Columbus Day)

 

 

Week 7 (Oct. 10)

Monday Schedule

 

 

Week 8 (Oct. 17)

Review

Week 9 (Oct 24)

Midterm Exam, 6:30pm~9:00pm

In person at CCNY Campus

 

 

Week 10 (Oct. 31)

Mobot: Mobile Robot

Required Readings: 

Structural properties and classification of kinematic and dynamic models of wheeled mobile robots; Campion, G.; Bastin, G.; Dandrea-Novel, B.; IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Volume: 12 , Issue: 1 , Feb. 1996, Pages:47 - 62

HWK6

 

 

 

Week 11 (Nov. 7)

Robot Sensing & Sensors: ppt format

Required Readings: 

Mobile robot positioning ---- sensors and techniques; J. Borenstein, H. R. Everett, L. Feng, and D. Wehe; Journal of Robotic Systems, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp231-249, 1997.

Measurement and correction of systematic odometry errors in mobile robots; J. Borenstein, L. Feng; IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp869-880, 1996.

HWK7

Week 12 (Nov. 14)

Motion Planning: ppt format

HWK8

Week 13 (Nov. 21)

Mapping: ppt format

HWK9

 

Nov. 23 ~Nov. 26,

Thanksgiving, College Closed

Week 14 (Nov. 28)

A taste of Robot Localization:  ppt format

HWK10

 

Week 15 (Dec. 5)

Final Exam: Close-book with 1 cheat sheet allowed.

In person at CCNY Campus

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Final Exam week

(Dec.14~20)

Last day of the class: Dec. 11

Reading Day: Dec. 12-13

Final Exam Week;

 

 

Dec 25, Christmas Day

 


Grading Policy:

The homework and mid term exam grades are posted here for review. 

Homework                                                          30%
Midterm exam                                                     30%
Final exam                                                           40%

A: 90~100; A-: 85~90; B+: 80~85; B: 75~80; B-: 70~75; C: 60-70; F: under 60