Tentative schedule
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| Week | Date | Topics | Notes |
| 1 | 25 Jul |
Admin Introduction to Motion Planning |
Reading |
| 2 | 1 Aug |
Sampling-based Motion Planning Tutorial: Questions, Sample Answers |
Reading |
| 3 | 8 Aug |
Motion Planning cont. Tutorial: Questions, Codes 12 Aug 2023: Assignment1 released: Description. Supporting code and submission site are in wattle. Due: 4 Sep'23 23:59 Cbr time. |
Reading: Last section of week-2 reading Additional Reading: |
| 4 | 15 Aug |
A brief review of Integrated Task and Motion Planning Tutorial: Q&A about Assignment 1 |
By Rahul Shome |
| 5 | 22 Aug |
Planning when the effects of actions are non-deterministic (aka. MDP) Tutorial: Questions |
Reading |
| 6 | 29 Aug |
MDP Cont. Planning in non-deterministic and partially observable world (aka. POMDP) Intro Tutorial: Questions |
Reading1, Reading2 OptReading1, OptReading2 4 Sep'23 23:59 Cbr time: A1 due |
| Mid-term break | |||
| 7 | 19 Sep |
POMDP cont. Tutorial: Questions |
Reading1, Reading2 |
| 8 | 26 Sep |
POMDP Solving Cont. POMDP Applications Tutorial: Questions |
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| 9 | 3 Oct |
Research examples for mini research project. Slides in wattle. 3 Oct 2023: Assignment2 released: Description. Submission site is in wattle. Due: 25 Oct'23 23:59 Cbr time. |
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| 10 | 10 Oct |
POMDP not so typical applications + BDAII Guest lecture,
Mini research project description released: here Submission site is in wattle. Due: 4 Nov'23 23:59 Cbr time. |
This lecture will be on-line, with robots in action live from the Boston Dynamics AI Institute |
| 11 | 17 Oct | Planning with limited/no information about models (aka. Reinforcement Learning) | |
| 12 | 24 Oct | Planning with limited/no information about models (aka. Reinforcement Learning) + Recap | |