Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Spring 2018 - CMPT 882 G100

Special Topics in Artificial Intelligence (3)

Distributed Robot & Sensor Systems

Class Number: 10850

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Wed, Fri, 1:30–2:50 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

COURSE DETAILS:

Special Topics Title: Distributed Robot & Sensor Systems 

Goals:
Students will understand:
(i) the applications and challenges of building systems of multiple robots and/or sensors;
(ii) the major approaches from the literature;
(iii) motivating examples from nature.
Students will implement their own multi-robot system in a research-paper-style project.

Topics:
- multi-robot systems
- sensor networks
- software engineering for distributed systems
- control and coordination models for multi-agent systems, including - explicit consensus models
- swarm approaches
- applications & challenges

Outline:
- seminar class based on research papers
- students present and critique papers
- two short programming homework: compare explicit consensus with a swarm robot approach 

Project:
Implement and experiment with a multi-robot system or sensor network in simulation or on real hardware

Grading

NOTES:

Based on student presentations, short homework, and a major project.

Graduate Studies Notes:

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