ROB 502: Programming for Robotics Fall 2022

ROB 502: Programming for Robotics
Fall 2022

Instructor:

Office: 2268 FMCRB

Office Hours: By appointment

Email: dmitryb [at] umich.edu

GSIs:
Peter Mitrano and Sheng "Johnson" Zhong

Office Hours:
Johnson: Fridays 5:30-6:30pm in 2141 FMCRB
Peter: Thursdays 4-5pm in 2141 FMCRB

We will use Piazza for questions and discussion. Access the class discussion site here.

We will use autograder.io for homework assignment submission and grading. We will use Canvas for quizzes.

Time: Monday, Wednesday 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Location: 1050 FMCRB

Overview: Graduate level project-based programming and computer science course for Robotics engineers. Topics include data representation, memory concepts, debugging, recursion, search, abstractions, threading, and message passing. The average student will have already written MATLAB programs about 250-500 lines long and will have basic familiarity with C syntax.

Prerequisites: None

Reference Materials:

Bjarne Stroustrup, Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ (2nd Edition), Addison-Wesley, May 2014. Available in print, as an ebook via the UMich library, or as a PDF.
CPPReference.com
LearnCPP.com

Syllabus: Please see here.

Tentative Course Schedule: