CS223A Introduction to Robotics Winter 2008/2009

• Announcements
• Course Staff & Office Hours
• Handouts
• Homeworks

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Class meets on MW 2:15-3:30pm in Gates B01.

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Announcements

• Feb 22: Office hour change
• Dr. Kolarov office hours for this coming Wednesday will be 1-2 p.m. instead of 4-5 p.m. 
• Feb 04 (Wed): Extesion for homework 3.
• Home work 3 is due Thursday Feb 5 at 5pm.
  
• Feb 02 (Mon): Office hour change and midterm.
• The 1-2pm office hour on Tuesday has been moved to Wed 12:30am-1:30pm in B24 (next door to the usual room).
• Homework 2 has beed graded and will be returned in class this Wednesday.
• The midterm is on next Wednesday (Feb 11) during regular class meeting. It is open book and will cover everything up to this Wednesday's lecture.
• Jan 26 (Wed):
• Homework 1 has been returned in class. If you couldn't picked it up in class, they are available in the box in front of Gates 144. SCPD students will recieve their homework through the SCPD route.
• Homework 2 is due today at 5pm.
• Jan 12 (Mon):
  
  • For this week only: Tuesday's office hours have been changed to 4-6pm due to lack of demand. Regular office hours will be resumed next week. 
  • SCPD students can contact us by phone or by google chat (cs223a.TAs.0809{AT}gmail.com) during office hours.
  •  Homework 1 will be out this Wednesday Jan 14.

Course Staff / Office Hours

Instructor Dr. Krasimir Kolarov E-mail: krasi{AT}cs.stanford.edu Office: Gates Room 144 Office Hours: MW 4-5pm

Teaching Assistants John Duong Dang,  Artit Wangperawong, Kimberly Harrison E-mail: cs223a.TAs.0809{AT}gmail.com Office: Gates Room B26 (in basement) phone: 650-736-1817 Office Hours: Mo, 4:00-5:00pm, Tu 3:00-6:00pm, Wed: 12:30am-1:30pm, Thu 2:30-3:30pm

Handouts

• Jan   7 : Handout 1 ( pdf ) - Course Introduction
• Jan 12 : Handout 2 ( pdf ) - Kinematics
• Jan 14 : Handout 3 ( pdf ) - Kinematics 2
• Jan 21 : Handout 4 ( pdf ) - Manupulator Kinematics
• Jan 26 : Handout 5 ( pdf ) - Manupulator Kinematics 2
• Jan 26 : Handout 6 ( pdf ) - Inverse Kinematics
• Jan 28 : Handout 7 ( pdf ) - Instantaneous Kinematics
• Feb  2 : Handout 8 ( pdf ) - Instantaneous Kinematics 2
• Feb  4 : Handout 9 ( pdf ) - Kinematic Singularity
• Feb 23: Handout 10 ( pdf ) - Dynamics
• Feb 25: Handout 11 ( pdf ) - Dynamics 2
• Mar  2: Handout 12 ( pdf ) - Control
• Mar  4: Handout 13 ( pdf ) - Control 2
• Mar  9: Handout 14 ( pdf ) - Task Oriented Control

Homeworks

Homework Guidelines: Homework is due by 5pm on the due date. You can turn it in to the TAs during class or in the drop-box outside Dr. Kolarov's office (Gates 144)

1. Show your work -- you'll get no credit for answers without explanations.
2. Circle / Highlight your answers -- if we can't find your answers, we can't grade your assignment.
3. Write your name legibly -- if we can't read your name, we can't grade your assignment.
4. Staple pages -- if pages go missing, we can't grade your assignment.
5. Use common sense for decimals -- if the question states a = 1.34, then don't give answers like 2*a = 2.680001245735.

			Out	Due
Homework 1 ( pdf )	Solution 1 ( pdf )		Jan 14	Jan 21
Homework 2 ( pdf )	Solution 2 ( pdf )		Jan 21	Jan 28
Homework 3 ( pdf )	Solution 3 ( pdf )		Jan 28	Feb 5
Homework 4 ( pdf )	Solution 4 ( pdf )		Feb 9	Feb 18
Homework 5 ( pdf )	Solution 5 ( pdf )		Feb 18	Mar 2
Homework 6 ( pdf )	Solution 6 ( pdf )		Mar 2	Mar 10

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