Lectures - Fall 2026
Course Reader (.pdf)
Lectures, MT, MPs
| W | Tues | Topic | Thurs | Topic | Fri | Lab | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 08/25 | Overview / Intro to Safety
slides |
08/27 | Safety 2: verification concepts, automata, requirements, counter-examples
slides |
08/28 | Intro, MP0 walkthrough slides | MP0 released |
| 2 | 09/01 | Safety 3: reachability, inductive invariants slides |
09/03 | Perception 1: neural networks, backpropagation, gradient descent
slides |
09/04 | Team formation, MP1 walkthrough | MP1 released |
| 3 | 09/08 | Perception 2: NN architecture, coordinate transformations, homogeneous coordinates
slides |
09/10 | Perception 3: intrinsic, extrinsic matrices, calibration, perspective, projection, eigenvalue problem
slides |
09/11 | MP0 Demo (MP0 Due) | – |
| 4 | 09/15 | Perception 4: depth estimation, visual odometry, fundamental matrix, epipolar geometry
slides |
09/17 | Control 1: ODEs, lipschitz contuinity, bang-bang control
slides |
09/18 | MP2 walkthrough slides | MP2 released |
| 5 | 09/22 | GEM Field Trip (meet at the highbay facility) | 09/24 | Project Workthrough F1 Tenth, GRAIC, and Drone projects | 09/25 | MP1 Demo (MP1 due) | – |
| 6 | 09/29 | Review Session (in class) | 10/01 | Midterm 1 (in class) | 10/02 | Open Lab | – |
| 7 | 10/06 | Control 2: PID, linear systems
slides |
10/08 | Control 3: linear systems, stability, Lyapunov, Hurwitz criteria
slides |
10/09 | MP2 Demo (MP2 due) | – |
| 8 | 10/13 | Filtering 1: Markov chains, conditional probability, motion models
slides |
10/15 | Filtering 2: localization bayes filter, histogram filter, beliefs
slides |
10/16 | MP3 Walkthrough slides | MP3 released |
| 9 | 10/20 | Pitch Presentation 1 | 10/22 | Pitch Presentation 2 | 10/23 | Open Lab | – |
| 10 | 10/27 | Filtering 3: Kalman filter, localization particle filter, importance sampling
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10/29 | Filtering 4: review; SLAM
slides |
10/30 | Open Lab | – |
| 11 | 11/03 | Review Session (in class) | 11/05 | Midterm 2 (in class) | 11/06 | Open Lab | – |
| 12 | 11/10 | Planning 1: graph search, uniform cost search
slides |
11/12 | Planning 2: A*, optimal search, cost-to-go heuristics
slides |
11/13 | MP3 Demo (MP3 due) | – |
| 13 | 11/17 | Planning 3: hybrid A*, PRM, probabilistic completeness | 11/19 | Planning 4: RRT, RRG, asymptotic optimality | 11/20 | Open Lab | – |
| 14 | 11/24 | No Class (Fall Break) | 11/26 | No Class (Thanksgiving) | 11/27 | No Class (Fall Break) | – |
| 15 | 12/01 | 12/03 | Review Session (in class) | 12/04 | Open Lab | – | |
| 16 | 12/08 | Midterm 3 (Last Class) | 12/10 | Reading Day | – |
Friday Labs
| Session No. | TA | CA |
|---|---|---|
| AB1 (10am-11am) | Eric Ji | JD |
| AB2 (11am-12pm) | Yuxi Chen | Mira, Agastya |
| AB3 (5pm-6pm) | Junsheng Huang | Allen |
| AB4 (6pm-7pm) | Hanna Chen | Pranav |
| AB5 (7pm-8pm) | Taowei Huang | Hyunjun |
Office Hours
All TA Office Hours will be held in ECEB 5072 lab.
| TA | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Hanna | Thurs 4-5PM | ECEB 5072 |
| Yuxi | Thurs 9:45-10:45AM | ECEB 5072 |
| Junsheng | Mon 11AM-12PM | ECEB 5072 |
| Taowei | Tues 10-11AM | ECEB 5072 |
| Eric | Mon 1-2PM | ECEB 5072 |
| Vishesh | Wed 11AM-12PM | ECEB 5072 |
Lab space (ECEB5072) usage
You can verify at this link, but as of Aug 23th, ECEB5072 is reserved by other courses during the following times:
- Tuesday, 2:30 PM – 4:20 PM
- Wednesday, 9:00 AM – 10:50 AM
- Wednesday, 2:00 PM – 3:50 PM
- Friday, 3:00 PM – 4:40 PM
Please be aware that during these times, you will not be able to work in the lab, as the lab workstations will be occupied by the students registered for the various classes during these above times. Outside of these times, you are free to come in at any time to work on the MPs or project (especially during office hours!)