General Philosphy:

In general texts can be expensive which is sometimes a barrier for students. In the world of open courseware and open source materials there is less and less reason to require a specific text for any class. For these reasons I am personally committed to finding free, or very low cost, texts for my classes.

For this class:

This is a new class (Summer 2020) and as such I am in the process of identifying materials and resources to guide this introduction to robotics and autonomous vehicles. You will be reading a variety of tech manuals as well as descriptive materials about various sensors and electronics. The materials I find will be made available via this website and will come in a variety of forms. Most will be pdf's since they are more stable than links to websites which seem to need constant updating.

If you feel like you wish you had some additional information or something is unclear please communicate with me via email. Thanks for participating in the development of this course.