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The final project is your opportunity to explore an ''advanced'' data structure topic that was NOT covered in class this semester.
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The final project is your opportunity to explore a mobile robot topic of your choosing.  You may use ROS or APIs/libraries/simulators (with appropriate citations for *any* code written by someone else), as long as you are adding some value -- i.e., not just downloading code and running it, or running somebody's training script on somebody's data. Potential topics:
  
The main focus here is to write C++ code which implements and/or applies a data structure and/or algorithm of your choosing.  You may use STL or other APIs/libraries, but only in a supporting role.  If you use *any* code written by someone else (looking at you, Github), then you must cite it and be completely clear about what you added or changed.  I am primarily interested in the code that you write and what your whole program does. Potential topics (first come, first served!):
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* Reinforcement learning or imitation learning in simulation (Isaac/Mujoco/Unity ML)
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* Deep learning for visual object detection/segmentation
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* Use AprilTags in the environment or attached to particular objects for mapping/localization/manipulation
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* Some demonstration of lidar-based SLAM or localization on one of the robots
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* Add a 3-D printed physical part to one of the robots to enable it to carry out a particular task
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* Use the pan servo on <tt>yoshi</tt> to track and follow a person while using the lidar for obstacle avoidance
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* Some other amazing idea that you have...
  
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%E2%80%93black_tree Red-black] balanced binary trees
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You may work alone or as part of a pair. Previously-formed teams do NOT automatically continue for the project -- you and your partner need to affirm that you want to continue working together on the project.  So please send me an e-mail with your proposal and partner name, if applicable, as soon as possible but no later than Friday, November 17 so that I can give some feedback.  I don't just want a copy-paste from the list above but also at least a paragraph on specific libraries/software/datasets you might use and what deliverables you are targeting.  Time slots for 30-minute in-person demos (not in front of the class) on Monday, December 11 and Tuesday, December 12 (reading day) will be posted after Thanksgiving break.  Your code and write-up must also be submitted on the day of your demo.  Demos will take place in the lab.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treap Treaps]
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight%27s_tour Knight's tour] or other kinds of searches with backtracking
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabin%E2%80%93Karp_algorithm Rabin-Karp string matching]
 
* [https://courses.grainger.illinois.edu/cs225/fa2021/resources/kd-tree/ k-d trees], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearest_neighbor_search nearest neighbor search]
 
* Compression (text at the word/sentence level, image/video/audio)
 
* Your own scintillating idea
 
 
 
You may work alone or as part of a pair.
 
 
 
Send me an e-mail with your proposal and partner name, if applicable, as soon as possible so that I can give some feedback.  I don't just want a single word from the list above but also at least a sentence or two on what existing code/libraries you might use and a link to data that you intend to apply your program to.  Time slots for 20-minute in-person demos (not in front of the class) on Tuesday, December 12 (reading day) will be posted after Thanksgiving break.  Your code must also be submitted on the day of your demo.
 

Latest revision as of 13:24, 7 December 2023

The final project is your opportunity to explore a mobile robot topic of your choosing. You may use ROS or APIs/libraries/simulators (with appropriate citations for *any* code written by someone else), as long as you are adding some value -- i.e., not just downloading code and running it, or running somebody's training script on somebody's data. Potential topics:

  • Reinforcement learning or imitation learning in simulation (Isaac/Mujoco/Unity ML)
  • Deep learning for visual object detection/segmentation
  • Use AprilTags in the environment or attached to particular objects for mapping/localization/manipulation
  • Some demonstration of lidar-based SLAM or localization on one of the robots
  • Add a 3-D printed physical part to one of the robots to enable it to carry out a particular task
  • Use the pan servo on yoshi to track and follow a person while using the lidar for obstacle avoidance
  • Some other amazing idea that you have...

You may work alone or as part of a pair. Previously-formed teams do NOT automatically continue for the project -- you and your partner need to affirm that you want to continue working together on the project. So please send me an e-mail with your proposal and partner name, if applicable, as soon as possible but no later than Friday, November 17 so that I can give some feedback. I don't just want a copy-paste from the list above but also at least a paragraph on specific libraries/software/datasets you might use and what deliverables you are targeting. Time slots for 30-minute in-person demos (not in front of the class) on Monday, December 11 and Tuesday, December 12 (reading day) will be posted after Thanksgiving break. Your code and write-up must also be submitted on the day of your demo. Demos will take place in the lab.