This project course is a hands-on introduction to robotics. The course will introduce students to the basic concepts in robotics, focusing on the mechanics, and electronic principles behind building robots and on the classic algorithms, architectures, and theories behind controlling and programming robots. Topics include: basic mechanics, basic electronics, control architectures (planning, subsumptionism, and behavior-based robotics), configuration sensing, motion planning, uncertainty in robotics, map making, grasping, manipulation, shape and object recognition, distributed robotics, and applications of robotics. Students will build a robot in teams using a robot building kit. They will use this robot to implement the algorithms discussed in class in the context of a concrete task (for example, a robo-rat system for the foraging task).