Lectures (remote) are given on Tuesday class sessions by the Professor, student groups (See ‘Presentation Tips’), or guest lecturers.
Student groups are expected to read seminal HRI papers on a specific topic, prepare a 15-minute presentation on that topic, and run a 30-minute discussion session with the class to talk about the paper. Students not presenting are expected to prepare and ask questions in the lecture. We will take note of students participating in class which will impact students’ participation scores for the class.
Lab sessions are on Thursday (in-person) and will involve learning about the Turtlebot v4 platform, running existing algorithms on the robots, and evaluating the robot’s performance. Students are expected to submit lab reports, video demonstrations, and code running on the robot. All labs assignment are due three weeks after they are assigned at 9:00AM.
Course Schedule (Tentative)
| Week # | Lecture (Tuesday) | Lab (Thursday) | Lecture Speaker |
| 1: Week of 8/23 | Introduction to HRI | Lab 1: Introduction to ROS | Professor |
| 2: Week of 8/30 | Research Methods | Lab 1 (Continued) | Professor |
| 3: Week of 9/6 | Robot Design and Anthromorphization | Lab 2: Introduction to Turtlebot Platform | Student Group |
| 4: Week of 9/13 | Perception of People | Lab 2 (Continued) | Student Group |
| 5: Week of 9/20 | Groups and Teams | Lab 3 – Prelab People Tracking | Student Group |
| 6: Week of 9/27 | Spatial Interaction | Lab 3 (Continued) | Student Group |
| 7: Week of 10/4 | Emotion & Intent | No Lab | Student Group |
| 8: Week of 10/11 | Fall Break – No Class | Lab 3 (Continued) | None |
| 9: Week of 10/18 | AR/VR for HRI | Lab 4 Social Navigation | Student Group |
| 10: Week of 10/25 | Social Signal Processing – Recognition & Synthesis | Lab 4 (Continued) | Student Group |
| 11: Week of 11/1 | Final Project Discussion
Final Project Proposals Assigned |
Lab 5 – Delivery Robot
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Professor |
| 12: Week of 11/8 | Guest Lecture: Alyssa Kubota from UC San Diego |
Final Project Proposals DUE |
Guest Lecturer |
| 13: Week of 11/15 | Guest Lecture: Tom Williams on AR/VR for HRI | Final Project Workday | Guest Lecturer |
| 14: Week of 11/22 | Guest Lecture: Hee Rin Lee from Michigan State | Thanksgiving break | Guest Lecturer |
| 15: Week of 11/29 | Final Project Workday | Final Project Workday/Check-ins | None |
| 16: Week of 12/6 | Final Project Workday | Final Project Workday | None |
| 17: Week of 12/13 | Final Project Presentations | Final Project Report DUE | Student Groups |
Lab Schedule
| Week # | Lab Assigned | Lab DUE |
| 1: 8/25 | Lab 1: Introduction to ROS – Part I | – |
| 2: 9/1 | Lab 1: Introduction to ROS – Part II | Lab 1 – Part I @ 9:00AM |
| 3: 9/1 | Lab 2: Introduction to Turtlebot – Part I | Lab 1 – Part II @ 9:00AM |
| 4: 9/15 | Lab 2: Introduction to Turtlebot – Part II | Lab 2 – Part I @ 9:00AM |
| 5: 9/22 | Lab 3: People Tracking – Prelab | Lab 2 – Part II @ 9:00AM |
| 6: 9/29 | Lab 3: People Tracking | Lab 3 – Prelab @ 9:00AM |
| 7: 10/6 | Lab 4: Social Navigation – Part I | Lab 3 @ 9:00AM |
| 9: 10/20 | Lab 4: Social Navigation – Part II | Lab 4 – Part I @ 9:00AM |
| 10: 10/27 | Lab 5 – Delivery Robot | Lab 4 – Part II @ 9:00AM |
| 11: 11/3 | Final Project Proposals | Lab 5 @ 9:00AM |
| 12: 11/10 | – | Final Project Proposals @ 9:00AM |
| 14: 11/29 | – | Final Project Check-ins |
| 17: 12/13 | – | Final Project Presentations |
| 17: 12/15 | – | Final Project Report DUE @ 9:00AM
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