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ECE 533 --- Advanced Robotics
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Spring 2009
Professor: R. Eason, 207 Barrows, 581-2242, eason@eece.maine.edu
Office Hours: 11:00-12:00, MWF
Credits: 3 credits --- 1 design credit
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Text:
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"Digital Image Processing, Third Edition" by Gonzalez and Woods
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Prerequisite: ECE 417 or permission
Grading:
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Grades are based on the following:
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Homework, Labs, Project -- 60%
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Midterm (about Feb. 28) -- 20%
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Final (Comprehensive) -- 20%
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There will be no make-ups for missed exams. Plan to be there.
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Late work -- 10% per day.
Approximate Course Outline:
This course will focus on machine intelligence and the use of
sensory information by autonomous devices. Topics are expected to
include
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Sensing devices -- range, proximity, touch, force/torque
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Computer vision
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Robot programming languages
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Robot intelligence and task planning
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Object modeling
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The use of sensory information for object detection, recognition, location,
and inspection
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Neural networks
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Fuzzy logic
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Genetic algorithms
Tests: The test date given above are approximate. Tests will be
closed book. Calculators will not be allowed.
Accommodation: If you have a disability for which you may
be requesting an accommodation, please contact either your instructor
or Ann Smith, Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities
(Onward Building, 581- 2319), as early as possible in the term.