ece3400-2018
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ECE 3400 Intelligent Physical Systems
Cornell University, Fall 2018
Welcome to ECE 3400; a class where students learn to tie the fundamental principles of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) across virtual and physical boundaries to create autonomous robots able to perceive, reason about, and act upon their environment. Specifically, in teams of 4-5, students will design and fabricate a robot able to navigate and map out a maze with treasures in the shortest possible time.
Instead of traditional hand-ins, we leverage peer-to-peer mentoring where students, under guidance, upload their progress and ideas to create a sustainable and continuously evolving database for future students to rely on. See past years:
- Instructor: Assistant Professor Kirstin Petersen (khp37)
- TA’s
- Note that lab and milestone grades will be distributed over Blackboard!
- Class hours: Monday and Wednesday 11.15am-12.05pm, Upson Hall 142 (or overflow rooms).
- Team meetings: Friday 11.15am-12.05pm, Upson Hall 142 (or overflow rooms).
- Labs: Monday 1.25-4.25pm, Monday 7.30-10.30pm, Wednesday 7.30-10.30pm, Thursday 7.30-10.30pm, Friday 1.25-4.25pm in Phillips Hall 427.
Relevant Links
- Piazza, sign up here
- Course Description
- Detailed Schedule
- Lab schedule
- Competition day schedule
- Lectures
- Piazza, please sign up here
- Team Websites
- Grades, rules, and final scoring chart
- Robot cost
- Tutorials
Schedule and Hand-Outs
Please be aware that the following schedule is tentative and may change throughout the semester.
| Week | Topic | Week | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | 9 | Prototyping |
| 2 | Embedded programming, team work/time management, LAB 1 | 10 | Conflict resolution and algorithms, LAB 4 |
| 3 | Online communication | 11 | Algorithms |
| 4 | Sensors and filters Milestone 1 | 12 | Evaluating and debugging IPS, Milestone 3 |
| 5 | Actuators and control, LAB 2 | 13 | (EE-)Power and Careers, |
| 6 | Wired/wireless communication | 14 | Alternative approaches to IPS, Milestone 4 |
| 7 | FPGA/Vision, LAB 3 | 15 | IPS Ethics |
| 8 | Prototyping, Milestone 2 | 16 | Final Competition |
See detailed schedule and deadlines here