Today

For Next Time

Work on the Robot Localization project. For the next class you should have done the part of the “Implementation Plan” part of the assignment.
Make sure to check out the Discussion Assignment for your teams and presentation times.
Read this summary on legal issues in robotics , this article on liability , and this quick video to prepare for Monday’s discussion.

Notes from Today on Bayes’ filter
Notes from Previous Years on Bayes’ filter and how it applies to robot localization are here.

With your partner and another team, work through the notes on a chalkboard. Here are some guidelines.

Make sure everyone understands each step before moving onto the next one.
If there is a persistent issue that cannot be resolved, call a member of the teaching team over and ask us for help. If for some reason this is not easy to do at the time, make a note of it so you can return to it later.
If you need more help at any point in the derivation, don’t hesitate to call a member of the teaching team over and ask for help.
Stop when you get to the section labeled “Scalability.”

As a class, let’s go through the basic steps of the particle filter algorithm and the issues around scalability of the Bayes filter.