| Time and Location | Monday 1-4 pm, 405 Soda Hall |
| Instructors | Professor
Ken Goldberg Karl Böhringer, Postdoctoral Researcher IEOR Department, ALPHA lab |
| Office hours Prof. Ken Goldberg |
Monday 10-11am, Wednesday 1-2 pm 4189 Etcheverry Hall |
| Office hours Karl Böhringer |
Tuesday 4-5 pm, Thursday 11-12 pm 4175 Etcheverry Hall |
| Class homepage | http://alpha.ieor.berkeley.edu/cs294 |
| Required texts | Mechanics of Manipulation by Matt Mason. Papers and book chapters (will be distributed in class). |
| Suggested references | Robot Motion Planning by Jean-Claude Latombe.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991.
Algorithms for Robotic Motion and Manipulation (editors J.-P. Laumond and M. Overmars,), A. K. Peters Ltd., Wellesley MA, 1997. Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (editors K. Goldberg, D. Halperin, J.-C. Latombe, and R. Wilson), A. K. Peters Ltd., Wellesley MA 1995. |
| Course requirements and grading scheme | 30% - paper presentation 40% - research project 30% - final report |
| Homework assignments | Thorough reading of research papers, preparation for discussion in class. |
| Research project | Small-scale research project (e.g. software simulation or mathematical model). Eight-page writeup (conference paper format). |
For more information contact
Karl Böhringer
karl@ieor.berkeley.edu,
642-4559 or
Ken Goldberg
goldberg@ieor.berkeley.edu,
643-9565
http://alpha.ieor.berkeley.edu/cs294