Final Course Project
CSCI-4290/6290: Robot Motion Planning
Fall 2005

Description

• IMPORTANT: The project due date has been changed to December 7, 2005, 11:59:59pm . That is, submit before midnight on Wednesday.
  Also note that NO late days are allowed for the project.

  Original Project due date: December 5, 2005, 11:59:59pm.

• Final Project proposal: pdf file.
  

• Please submit your code and related files using the submission web page, and email me a pointer to your project web page .
  Code should be documented with comments and a README file. Please do NOT place your code on your web page (at least not until after the semester).

• Your project web page should contain the project report. The project report should clearly describe what your motion planner can do (type of robot, obstacles, number of dimensions, motion model, collision checking, algorithm used), how you implemented it (especially modifications to the algorithm), a few snapshots of examples, the advantages and disadvantages of your implemented approach, any bugs or limitations of your implementation, identify libraries or code written by others that you are using, etc.

  If you have animations of example plans generated by your planner, include them. If there are particularly interesting things in your implementation or things that you noticed in running your planner on examples, point those out as well.

• Here is the Project submission page .

• The project demos will be scheduled on December 8 and 9. Please sign up in class for a slot or send me email indicating when you are available on December 8 (Thu), and December 9 (Fri). Each demo will be completed in a 30 minute slot.

  Here is the current schedule of demos: demo_current.pdf . Demos will be in AE 217 unless you tell me otherwise.

• Your project counts for 30% of your course grade.

FAQ

1. If you are implementing a particular planner for your project, looking at or copying code from the same existing planner in MSL (or any other source) would be in violation of the academic integrity policy for the course.

2. There are no late days for the project.

3. To submit your project, go to the Project submission page . Please do not submit executables or object files.
   Multiple submissions are permitted. Only the most recent one (before the deadline) will be graded.
   

Labs

• You can use the FreeBSD machines in the Amos Eaton 217 Lab or the SunRays in Amos Eaton 215. You should already have a CS ID and password to log on to these machines.

  If you are demoing your project on a VCC machine or your laptop, that is fine. Just inform me in advance. Note that we will need to be able to compile your code on either the CS or VCC machines. Please specify details in your README.

• Note: Amos Eaton is usually locked over the weekend. There may be students working in the lab at night or over the weekend -- you can enter and use the lab at any other time if you are able to get in.