Textbook Abbreviation:
- PR - Sebastian Thrun, Wolfram Burgard, and Dieter Fox.. "Probabilistic Robotics". (2005, MIT Press.) 647 pages.
- MR - Ulrich Nehmzoe, "Mobile Robotics: A Practical Introduction", 2nd Edition
- CV - Forsyth, David A., and Jean Ponce. "Computer Vision: A Modern Approach". prentice hall professional technical reference, 2002.
MOB lecture, tutorial, and lab slots can be found here.
| Week | Date | Lecture (Slides) | Module | Supplementary Readings | Tutorial | Lab | Quiz | Coursework | ||
| 1 | 18 Sep | Introduction | Introduction | [1], [2] | ||||||
| 21 Sep | Sensors and Computing systems | Introduction | [1], [2], [3], & MR (Chapter 3) | Quiz_Lecture_2 | ||||||
| 2 | 25 Sep | Camera and Images | Perception | [1] (page 1 to page 3), [2], [3], CV Sections: 1.1, 1.2, 2.3, 5.1, 5.2., 7.1 | Quiz_Lecture_3 | |||||
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| 28 Sep | Image Features Matching | Perception | [1], [2], [3], [4], CV Sections: 5.3, 5.5, 12.1, 10.4.2 | |||||||
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| 3 | 2 Oct | Deep Neural Networks and Convolution NN | Perception | [1], [2] | Lab 1: Visual Odometry | Group A/C | Quiz_Lecture_5 | |||
| 3 Oct | Group B | |||||||||
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| 5 Oct | Object Detection | Perception | [1], [2], [3], [4](optional) | Quiz_Lecture_6 | ||||||
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| 4 | 9 Oct | Semantic Segmentation | Perception | [1], [2], [3], [4](optional) | Lab 2: Object Detection | Group A/C | Quiz_Lecture_7 | |||
| 10 Oct | Group B | |||||||||
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| 12 Oct | Efficient Semantic Segmentation (Guest lecture by Alexandros @Samsung) | Perception | ||||||||
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| 5 | 16 Oct | Reference Frames and GPS | Localisation & Mapping | [1], [2], [3] | Tutorial | Group A/B/C | Quiz_Lecture_8 | |||
| 19 Oct | Recursive Filter / Kalman Filter
| Localisation & Mapping | [1], [2], PR Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.3. (Optional), [4] | |||||||
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| 6 | 23 Oct | LiDAR Point Clouds and ICP | Localisation & Mapping | [1] Chapter 8, Section 8.1.3. , [2] | Lab 3: Semantic Segmentation | Group A/C | Quiz_Lecture_10 | |||
| 24 Oct | Group B | |||||||||
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| 26 Oct | Localisation & Mapping | [1], PR Chapter 9 | Quiz_Lecture_10 | |||||||
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| 7 | 30 Oct | (Guest lecture by Gert from Mapix) | Localisation & Mapping | Lab 4: Recursive State Estimation | Group A/C | Coursework Start | ||||
| 31 Oct | Group B | |||||||||
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| 2 Nov | (Guest Lecture by EUFS) | Localisation & Mapping | [1] | |||||||
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| 8 | 6 Nov | Motion Planning | Motion Planning & Control | [1], [2], [3] Chapter 2 | Lab 5: Occupancy Grid Populating | Group A/C | ||||
| 7 Nov | Group B | |||||||||
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| 9 Nov | (Lecture by Lawrence Zhu) | Motion Planning & Control | [1], [2] | |||||||
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| 9 | 13 Nov | Q & A (including coursework clarification) | - | |||||||
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| 15 Nov | Optional Drop-in Lab: ROS Introduction by EUFS (2): detailed ROS examples 16:10-18:00, Appleton Tower, AT_5.05 - West Lab | |||||||||
| 16 Nov | Q & A (including coursework clarification) | - | ||||||||
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| 10 | 20 Nov | Review Sample Exam Questions | Revision | |||||||
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| 24 Nov | Due Day of Coursework (25/11/2022 at 12:00) | Due Day | ||||||||
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