MTRE 6300:Robot Simulation, Communications, and ROS

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MTRE 6100
The objective of this course is to learn and understand the Robot Operating System (ROS) architecture. The course will explore its most relevant functionalities by analyzing ROS framework in solving problems, such as model simulation, localization, mapping, and motion planning. In addition, Gazebo and VREP simulators will be used with the integrated algorithms for planning and perception within the ROS framework. During this course, students will use the navigation stack in ROS to enable autonomous robot navigation and simulate robot models in a real physics environment. The second part will focus on a robot’s (A) explicit communication (models, technologies, and algorithms), and (B) implicit communication (extraction of task-significant information from mutual interaction).