Robot Path Planning

Robot Path Planning This page will be updated regularly. Please visit (and reload) often.

Robot Motion Planning and Applications
SIV 889 (Sem II, 2017-2018) and a GIAN sponsored course

Dinesh Manocha <University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA>
Subodh Kumar <subodh@cse.*>

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The programming assignment is due on Jan 14 (Sunday) 1155pm at moodle
You may use rejection based sampling -- i.e., sample everywhere but reject paths leading into obstacle. However, there will be up to 1 mark (out of 10) deducted for overly meandering paths.
The written test will be held 2-3pm on Jan 17 (Wednesday) in LH519. (Practice questions)

This course is running as a part of the GIAN scheme. GIAN and CEP participants should register here.

Jan 3, 230-530pm: (slides): Introduction (1 hour),; Configuration spaces (1 hour); Path Planning for point robots (1 hour)
Jan 4, 230-530pm: (slides)(Exercise) and Obstacle files): Exact Motion Planning (1 hour); Collision and Proximity Queries (2 hour)
Jan 5, 230-530pm:(slides): Sample-Based Planning (1.5 hour); Optimization-Based Planning (1 hour); Applications to Human-Robot Interaction (0.5 hour)
Jan 6, 230-530pm:(slides 1, slides 2): Multi-Agent Planning and Global Navigation (1 hour); Local Navigation (1 hour); Applications to Crowd Simulation and Autonomous Driving (1 hour)
Jan 8, 230-530pm: (slides): Autonomous Driving (2 hours); Hands-on Robot demonstrations and Lab exercises

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