MIT CSAIL6.882 Embodied Intelligence |
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Spring 2019 |
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Course Overview
We will study research papers, new and old, with the goal of understanding how to build physical robots that exhibit human-level intelligence. Detailed topics will include perception, decision-making, learning with limited data, learning to learn, partial observability, and interaction with other agents.
Course Information
Workload
Students will be expected to:- Attend all classes and participate in discussion
- Read ~3 papers and submit a short homework assignment about those papers before each class meeting
- Present papers and lead discussion, with another student, once or twice
- Do a final project based on course material or related topic
Logistics
- Class meetings: Tuesday, Thursday 1:00 - 2:30 PM in 32-044 (note change)
- Office hours with instructors: Monday 4:30 - 6:30 PM in 24-317
- Enroll in Piazza to get announcements
- Contact instructors via private post on Piazza
- Upload a PDF into Stellar by 10AM before each class, starting Thursday Feb 7
- Listeners not allowed
Grading Policy
60%: final project, including checkpoint presentation and final paper20%: per-class homework and participation (including attendance)
- Possible grades: Good, Fair, Poor, None
- Two lowest grades will be dropped
- Late assignments not accepted