CS194 Fall 2004

R 4:00-7:00, 4760 Boelter Hall
COMPUTER SCIENCE 194: DARPA GRAND CHALLENGE; BUILDING AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT
SYLLABUS
 
Date Topic Task
 Handouts
9/30/04
(5-7pm)
 Organizational meeting.
 Review projects for upcoming Challenge. Answer administrative/organizational questions. Form groups to be assigned to each project.
10/7/04
(5-7pm)
 Group proposals
 Individual groups will propose their plan for the chosen project. Feedback from the teams and the group sponsor.
 Project proposal (follow assigned format)
10/21/04
(4-7pm)
 Group reports
 First report on group project.
 First report (follow assigned format)
11/4/04
(5-7pm)
 Midterm rports
 Presentation by each group. Progress so far, and amendments on initial project.
 Midterm report.
11/18/04
(5-7pm)
 Group reports
 Report + discussion
 Report update
12/2/04
(5-7pm)
 Group reports
 Report + discussion
 Report update
12/9/04
(5-7pm)
 Final presentations
 Report + final presentation
 Final report + demonstrations

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is a design course in support of UCLA's entry in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. Projects will be proposed at the organizational meeting, when students will be asked to form groups to attach each project. Each group is assigned a sponsor, which is either a faculty member or a member of the Golem team. Students are required to document their progress in a series of reports, and to give a final demonstration or illustration of the result of their investigations, in the form of a simulation, a field experiment, or a literature survey. All material must be properly documented to be evaluated by the sponsor. Successful projects will be continued through subsequent terms, and possibly be included in the race car to compete in the Grand Challente in October 2005.

PREREQUISITES

The course is open to senior undergraduates, graduate students and anyone else willing and able to convince the team member that he/she can contribute to the projects.

GRADING POLICY

Grading will be based on the outcome of the projects.

OFFICE HOURS

There are no scheduled office hours. Open discussion is encouraged during the meetings. Additional meetings can be scheduled with team sponsors or with faculty advisor upon request.


INSTRUCTOR

Stefano Soatto (soatto@ucla.edu)

ASSISTANTS

Jason Meltzer (jasonm1@cs.ucla.edu), Eagle Jones (eagle@cs.ucla.edu)