Introduction to Perception and Robotics

Georgia Tech CS 3630 Fall 2026 edition

Day Month Date Module Topic Slides Quizzes Projects
Tue Aug 25 Introduction L1_Course_Overview
Thu Aug 27 Six aspects of robotics systems L2_Intro_to_Robot_Systems
Tue Sep 1 Sorting Introduction to Bayesian Thinking L3_Bayesian_Thinking Q1-- P1: Intro
Thu Sep 3 Sorting State, probability, and actions L4_Trash_Robot_1 P1 Due
Tue Sep 8 Sorting Sensor Models L5_Trash_Robot_2 P2: Sorting
Thu Sep 10 Sorting Perception and Planning L6_Trash_Robot_3
Tue Sep 15 Vacuum Probabilistic Actions L7_Vacuuming_Robot_1 Q2
Thu Sep 17 Vacuum Controlled Markov Chains L8_Vacuuming_Robot_2 P2 Due
Tue Sep 22 Vacuum Sensors and Bayes Nets L9_Vacuuming_Robot_3 P3: Vacuum
Thu Sep 24 Vacuum Inference in HMMs L10_Vacuuming_Robot_4
Tue Sep 29 Vacuum Markov Decision Processes L11_Vacuuming_Robot_5
Thu Oct 1 Logistics Continuous State and Action L12_Logistics_Robot_1 Q3
Tue Oct 6 Logistics Fall Break
Thu Oct 8 Logistics Continuous Motion Models L13_Logistics_Robot_2 P3 Due
Tue Oct 13 Logistics Likelihood Images L14_Logistics_Robot_3 P4: Logistics
Thu Oct 15 Logistics Markov Localization and MCL L15_Logistics_Robot_4
Tue Oct 20 Logistics Value Iteration & System Id.
Thu Oct 22 Duckiebot Differential Drive Q4
Tue Oct 27 Duckiebot Cameras and Image Processing
Thu Oct 29 Duckiebot Computer Vision 101 P4 Due
Tue Nov 3 Duckiebot Inference with Deep Nets P5: Duckiebot
Thu Nov 5 Duckiebot Deep Learning
Tue Nov 10 Vehicles Autonomous Vehicles and SE(2) Q5
Thu Nov 12 Vehicles Ackermann steering P5 due
Tue Nov 17 Vehicles LIDAR sensors P6: Vehicles
Thu Nov 19 Vehicles ICP and Pose SLAM
Tue Nov 24 Vehicles Planning for Driving
Thu Nov 26 Thanksgiving break
Tue Dec 1 Guest Lecture TBD
Thu Dec 3 Guest Lecture TBD P6 due
Tue Dec 8 Guest Lecture TBD FID
Thu Dec 10
Tue Dec 15 Final Exam: 11:20-2:10pm Q6++