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AE 598 ARO - Advanced Robotic Planning

Last offered Spring 2026

Official Description

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in aerospace engineering intended to augment existing formal courses. Topics and prerequisites vary for each section. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for both. Course Information: May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary to a maximum of 12 hours.

Section Description

Computational approaches to robot motion planning, configuration space, algebraic decompositions, artificial potential fields, retraction, approximate decompositions, planning under uncertainty, grasp planning, and task-level planning. Prerequisite: ECE 470. Restricted to online non-degree, online MCS, online MSME, online MSCEE, and online MSAE students with instructor approval.

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Subject Area

  • Aerospace Engineering

Course Description

This course covers computational approaches to robot motion planning, configuration space, algebraic decompositions, artificial potential fields, retraction, approximate decompositions, planning under uncertainty, grasp planning, and task-level planning.

Credit Hours

4 hours

Prerequisites

BS degree in engineering or science from an accredited college in the United States or an approved institution of higher learning abroad and ECE 470 (Introduction to Robotics).

TitleSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Advanced Robotic PlanningARO56785ONL1 -    Timothy Bretl