CS 5335 — Robotic Science and Systems
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: M/WBostonSeattle, WAVancouver, CanadaHybridTraditional
Introduces autonomous mobile robots with a focus on algorithms and software development, including closed-loop control, robot software architecture, wheeled locomotion and navigation, tactile and basic visual sensing, obstacle detection and avoidance, and grasping and manipulation of objects. Offers students an opportunity to progressively construct mobile robots from a predesigned electromechanical kit. The robots are controlled wirelessly by software of the students’ own design, built within a provided robotics software framework. Culminates in a project that connects the algorithms and hardware developed in the course with a selected topic in the current robotics research literature.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 39 | 40 | 98% | 1.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 2 | 56 | 68 | 82% | 6.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 2 | 62 | 78 | 79% | 8.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 19 | 32 | 59% | 13.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 79% · T 0% · W 54% · Th 46% · F 0%
Common patterns: MW (51% of sections), MR (28% of sections), R (18% of sections), W (3% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Seth Hutchinson (81% of students) · reviews
- Steven Shafer (19% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Xiang Zhi Tan (78% of students) · reviews
- Jack Thomas (22% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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