| Call Numbers: | CS 01323/01331, EE 02051/02075, ME 07648/04645 |
| Credit Hours: | 2.0 |
| Professors: | David Chelberg, Maarten Uijt de Haag, Bob Williams (ME only) |
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Instructor of Record: |
David Chelberg Office: Stocker 322B, Phone: 593-1251, Email: chelberg@ohio.edu |
| Office Hours: | Mon/Tue 10:10am-11:30am |
| Class Time: | Tuesdays, from 6:30 to 7:30 PM, in Stocker 198 |
| Lab Time: | Minimum two hours per week, as arranged by discipline and project goals Additional hours as needed to complete projects. |
| Prerequisite: | Permission |
| Course Materials: | There will be no text book. Readings will be available electronically and/or distributed in class. |
| Home Pages: |
The home page for this class is: http://ace.cs.ohiou.edu/~chelberg/classes/robo/490.html Be sure to check here for important course information on a regular basis.
The home page for the RoboCats project is:
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| Overview: | This course integrates facets of CS, CE, EE, and ME used in
intelligent robotics, as exemplified by the RoboCup project. There is
an emphasis on the teamwork required to design and implement
autonomous robots that can successfully compete in robotic soccer
matches. Students will participate in interdisciplinary teams,
leading efforts in their own disciplines and contributing to efforts
in other disciplines. Students are expected to acquire a broad based
knowledge of the entire project and to learn about topics within other
disciplines as well as within their own. Topics include: an overview
of the RoboCup project; and related aspects of artificial
intelligence, software engineering, controls, communications, systems
engineering, mechatronics and mechanical design. The goal of the RoboCup project is to build a team of working soccer playing robots. It is the responsibility of everyone to achieve this goal. Therefore, a portion of everyone's grade will be based on how successful the robots play soccer. Scrimmages will be held to determine the team's success at achieving this goal. The scrimmages will be rated both by the faculty mentors and by students and spectators attending the events. The scrimmages will consist of both actual robots playing soccer and computer simulations of our robots playing soccer. |
| Grading: (see printed handout for updates). |
Attendance and Participation -- 20% Lab Books and Documentation -- 25% Midterm Scrimmages -- 10% Final Individual Report -- 25% Final Team Scrimmages -- 20% |
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Attendance Policy: | Attendance is mandatory for passing this class. |
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Course Credit Policy: | This course counts for two credit hours. CS students can count six credit hours of this course as one technical elective. EE students can count six credit hours of this course as one senior elective. ME students can count any number of hours towards their technical electives. Note that this is an experimental course, so there is no guarantee that it will be taught again after this quarter. |
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Travel Credit Policy: | While funding issues make travel, and especially international travel, less likely than it has been in the past, any available travel funds will be distributed depending upon individual course grade, attendance and effort. |
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Academic Dishonesty Policy: |
Students are expected to work in groups, to make use of publicly
available software, and to integrate ideas from research publications.
However, it is important to cite external references and to credit
those responsible for contributions to the work. No credit will be
given for non-original contributions that are not properly cited.
Stronger measures, within the guidelines of the Student Handbook, may
be taken when conditions warrant. The OU Student Code of Conduct
Policy is available online at: http://www.ohiou.edu/studentaffairs/commexp/ce1.htm. |
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Final Report and Scrimmages: | To be determined. |